The Town of Norman's Cove Long Cove













Ice Bergs

      The allure of icebergs to tourists is well known and is a shining star in the Ecotourism crown of our province. The migration of these majestic natural ice sculptures from northern glacial fields is a spring and summer time Mecca attracting thousands of people to the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The further north you go on the coastline of our province the better chance you will have to view these natural wonders, but occasionally they stray deep into Trinity Bay.


      In the past, when the inshore and sealing fisheries were viable resources for residents, icebergs were looked upon as a nuisance by local fishermen. Some terms used to refer to icebergs and the ice flows include:

‘growler’, ‘clumper’, ‘clamper’, ‘clumber’, ‘clumpet’, ‘pinnacle’, ‘hummock’, ‘founder’, “roller’, ‘rolling pan’, ‘jiggly pan’, ‘jinker pad’, ‘starts’, ‘barricaders’ , ‘barry catters’, ‘carey chick pan’, ‘scunner sight’...and so on.

      While some of these colloquialisms are descriptive, most infer disdain or danger. Now, with the decimation of our historic inshore fishery via government mismanagement and over fishing, the people of Newfoundland have begun to view this natural phenomenon in a new light and want to share the spectacle.



      Norman's Cove-Long Cove has several perches from which the beauty of icebergs can be seen. Our highway runs parallel to the innermost coastline of Trinity Bay from Chapel Arm to Norman’s Cove on Route 201 on The Osprey Trail. It is not unusual for ‘bergs’ to be clearly seen on a leisurely drive in mid-summer. However, the best viewing locales are from our scenic walking trails.















 


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Originally created by Darryl Smith
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Original Content by Jan Smith