Burin Peninsula

Province: Newfoundland

Route 210 to the Burin Peninsula leaves the TransCanada Highway near Goobies. The greater part of this stretch runs inland with short side-roads branching off to some pretty little coastal towns.

The countryside here is hilly and rather barren moorland.

The peninsula has a rich history linked to fishing in Grand Banks. From about the 15th c. onwards it became a European fishing ground, when French, British and Portuguese came here in summer to fish. After people began to settle permanently it still remained important from a fishing point of view, and even today the inhabitants depend almost completely on the fishing industry for their living.