[1] CBC Radio host Michael Enright (The Sunday Edition) calls the 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) walk from Salvage to Eastport the most beautiful in the world.

[2] Historically and archaeologically, the Eastport Peninsula has been host to human settlements and activity for at least 5000 years by a variety of Indigenous cultural groups, including the Maritime Archaic, the later Groswater and Dorset, and most recently Beothuk peoples.

This fishery took place over the summer months when fishermen would take schooners up to the Labrador coast, after which they would return to their outport towns in Newfoundland to prepare and preserve their catches over the fall.

With the rise of residential fishing and the Labrador fishery, however, Salvage and its nearby communities lost a great deal of its regular seasonal visits from outside fishermen.

Far from doing nothing about this, discussion for a telegraph line to be installed to better connect the Eastport to the rest of Newfoundland in the House of Assembly in 1907 reflected the community's desire for greater access to the political scene.

[11] Infrastructural projects throughout the 20th century, such as the nearby Trans-Canada Highway and Terra Nova National Park, helped mitigate this isolation and brought about a revitalised tourism industry to Salvage and neighbouring communities.