Monday September 27, 2010
The long, rocky and washed-out road to Bonavista
Posted by John Gushue
On Saturday, CBC reporter Carolyn Ray went to Bonavista. Ordinarily, that would not be a big deal, but in the wake of Hurricane Igor - where one stretch after another of the Bonavista Peninsula was attacked by the storm, it took some effort.
As she went along the peninsula, Carolyn emailed photos to us, some of which I tweeted on the @cbcnl account. I thought it would be useful to showcase what Carolyn saw along the way.
Princeton “The town’s only store was completely destroyed. Today about fifty volunteers gutted the place to help the owner. He cried and called it a miracle.”
Carolyn tapped this when she sent this picture: “What used to be a road in Princeton.”
After hitching a ride on an ATV, Carolyn came to the turnoff to Trinity. If you can recognize it.
Even walking on the road to Trinity was a challenge.
The road to Port Rexton was no better.
In Port Rexton, the usually pretty scenery was replaced by devastation.
Food supplies were quickly depleted in many communities in the days after the storm. Here’s what the store in Port Rexton had left on Saturday:
In Port Union, the town that William Coaker created with a new vision of the fishery in mind, the local fish plant appeared Saturday to be severely damaged.
While conducting interviews along the way for CBC Radio, Carolyn finally made it to Bonavista. She wrote this to us with this last photo: “Eight hours, a quad trip, countless detours and one hitched ride later, I’m here!!!”
