Bonavista Peninsula

Continuing east the peninsula's south shore includes the communities of Trinity and Catalina, with Port Rexton in Robinhood Bay between them, ending at its easternmost tip at Cape Bonavista.

The north shore of the peninsula includes the communities of Bonavista, Summerville and Musgravetown to Port Blandford.

Italian explorer John Cabot is reported to have landed at Cape Bonavista in 1497 claiming this part of the New World for the King of England.

[2][3] The communities and towns on the Bonavista Peninsula are in a slow decline as the importance of the fishing industry decreases.

Geographically isolated from major population centres, the provincial government has been attempting to diversify the local economy; most notably in tourism where the region has spectacular landscapes adjacent to the ocean.