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Parks and Campgrounds - 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 weather. Cape Ray is a natural boundary of the French Shore |
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J. T. Cheeseman Provincial Park
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL, A1B 4J6
(more Information)
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