OUTPORTS

A day trip was taken to two out-port coves, Elliston and Maberly. Maberly has magnificent panoramic views of the rugged north Atlantic. We noticed isolated saltbox houses that were being restored by their new out of province owners.

Elliston is known as the "Root Cellar Capital of the World". It has 134 documented root cellars with some dating back to the 1830s. More than forty have been restored to optimum storage condition for the benefit of the tourists. The people of this region of Newfoundland tried to become self sufficient to ease the grip of the mercantile firms. One historical plaque states that a poor crop of turnips, potatoes and carrots was as devastating as a poor fishing year.







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