Cape Shore

The Cape Shore is a region on the southwestern portion of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

Although nearby to Placentia, French capital of Newfoundland until 1713 and important English town afterwards, the Cape Shore was largely uninhabited until the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when the Placentia merchants Saunders and Sweetman began bringing settlers there from the area around Waterford, Ireland.

The Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, just south of St. Bride's, draws thousands of visitors every year.

Its rolling green hyper-oceanic barrens and meadows drop 400 feet (120 m) down dramatic sea-cliffs to the pounding surf below.

A pleasant 15 minute walk along the coast from the Interpretation Centre's parking lot brings visitors to the observation point, a mere 10 metres from as many as 60,000 nesting birds.

Cape Shore (in green), on the southeastern shore of Placentia Bay and the southwestern shore of St. Mary's Bay . St. John's , the provincial capital, is approximately 160 km to the northeast