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Hiking & Walking Trails - Cape Ray
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Cape Ray is located between Port aux Basques
and Codroy Valley and has been settled since the mid 19th Century. Over
1800 years ago the Dorset Paleoeskimo occupied this site for approximately
800 years. It is also the location of the first submarine telegraph cable
which was laid in 1856, as it was the last link remaining in the
communications network between St. John’s and New York. Fishing has
traditionally been the primary means of making a living. In 1871 the
Government of Canada had erected a lighthouse on the western side of Cape
Ray. The light could be seen at a distance of 32 km (20 mi) in clear
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J. T. Cheeseman Provincial Park
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL, A1B4J6
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