National Historic Site

Joe Batt's Arm, named for a deserter from the crew of the explorer James Cook, who charted this coast in 1736, was our next stop. After driving around the narrow, gravel streets of this very small settlement we drove on to Tilting. It has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Here the Irish Heritage is evident through the many small stick fences, predominant shamrocks and Irish names. We have never seen two more isolated settlements.

We took a tour of the Historic Dwyer House. Two happy, cheerful teenage girls were in charge of this site. After seeing through the austere house we were shown across a walkway made of the same small sticks, over the water to a small building where cod were hand processed. We learned about the flake where the cod were laid to dry and were shown their gift area. It was refreshing to note the pride and the sense of community displayed by our guide! We decided as we left these areas that they were too isolated for us.

Our photo album

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