Stephenville
Once known for its American Air Base, Stephenville features much in the way of visitor services and is home to the Stephenville Theatre Festival, the widely acclaimed summer theatre festival.
Driving distance from Port aux Basques to Stephenville is 165km / 102mi.
Stephenville is known as the Jewel of the Wetlands offering a habitat where one hundred and forty-three varieties of birds have been seen. There are walking trails and observation areas where the birds, in particular waterfowl, can be see in their natural habitat.
More Points of Interest:
- Bird Cove
- Captain Cook's Trail and Admiral Palliser’s Trail
- Corner Brook and the Bay of Islands
- Cow Head
- Deer Lake
- Gros Morne National Park
- Hawke’s Bay
- L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
- Norris Point
- Norstead, a Viking Village
- Port au Choix National Historic Site
- Port au Port
- Port aux Basques
- Rocky Harbour
- St. Anthony
- St. Barbe
- Trout River
- Western Brook Pond
