[4] His body was wrapped in a shroud of bark or hide and placed face down with his head pointed to the west.

[5][6] Icebergs and a narrow passage make the Strait of Belle Isle a hazardous body of water.

At L'Anse Amour, the Gulf of St. Lawrence flows into the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Belle Isle.

The wreck of one of the ships to go aground in the passage, HMS Raleigh, is located near Point Amour.

A trail along the shore allows visitors to see the rusting remains of the ship, which went aground on August 8, 1922 and was demolished by explosives in 1926.