Grand Falls-Windsor

Friday morning we left the Trinity area as we were making our way west in order to catch that ferry back to the mainland on July 10th.  It was not a long drive, and we arrived at Grand Falls-Windsor, our destination, around 2 pm.  A very nice day.  We’re finally getting some consistent warm weather.

Grand Falls and Windsor used to be 2 separate towns, but they amalgamated as one, not that long ago, and kept both names.

The main attraction here is the Salmonid Interpretation Centre on the Exploits River.  They have been doing good work to restock the salmon after it had been depleted.  The person at the centre had an excellent knowledge of salmon on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and what was going on with them.  Without getting into all of that, they have built the fish ladder here as this river is one of the best salmon-producing rivers in the province.  Of course the ladder is needed because there is a dam on the river (exploits?).

In the interpretation centre, you can see the salmon swimming along.

You can then go out and see some of the ladders built in the river.  Such a beautiful area.

And the namesake “Grand Falls”, with the dam in the background.

Looking downstream.

This is a one-nighter here in Grand Falls-Windsor.  We’re continuing west on Saturday.