Elliston, NL

 Elliston Is Known For It`s Puffins And Root Cellars

The Root Cellars

Inside The Root Cellar

This Is The Biggest I could Get them

So I Borrowed A Few Pictures

A sharply dressed black-and-white seabird with a huge, multicolored bill, the Atlantic Puffin is often called the clown of the sea. It breeds in burrows on islands in the North Atlantic, and winters at sea. In flight, puffins flap their small wings frantically to stay aloft—but underwater those wings become powerful flippers that allow the birds to catch small fish one by one until they have a beak full. This long-lived bird, once widely hunted, is reestablishing its small range in the U.S., although warming ocean waters are causing breeding failures in other parts of the North Atlantic.

•        The Atlantic Puffin is the official bird of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Like many seabirds, the Atlantic Puffin is long-lived, averaging 30 plus years. And like other birds with long lifespans, the young take several years to mature. Puffins do not breed until they are 3–6 years old.

The Sealers Memorial, A Very Sad Story

These Carvings Are From Moose Antlers

So Much Talent

All About The Puffins In This Town

Washed Up On The Beach

Bonavista Lighthouse

 Even Under Construction This Was Impressive

For generations of mariners along this coast, the light at Cape Bonavista was their only connection to land while out on the dark sea. Built in 1843, the light at Cape Bonavista is one of the few in the world where you can still climb up the stone tower and see the same seal oil fueled catoptric light apparatus that was used in the 1800s. One of the most photographed places in Newfoundland and Labrador, this is a prime location to view whales, icebergs and Puffins.

Not My Picture, Just Shows What It Looks Like

The Living Quarters

Every 15 minutes the light keeper would have to crank the 200 lb weight 

in the  below pic up 3 stories in order to have the spotlights turn

The Work Shop