Fleur-de-Lys is located at the very tip of the Baie Verte peninsula, it takes about an hour to drive fron the Trans Canada Highway on route 410. The community has a sheltered harbor that has been in use sinces approximately 4500 years ago. This area was first in habited by the Maritime Archaic Indains, the next group were the Grosswater Paleo-Eskimo around 3000 years ago and than the Middle Dorset at around 2000 years ago. The Dorset used the soft soapstone found in the community to manufacture cooking pots, bowls and small oil lamps. The large soapstone quarry has been studied by archaeologist since 1915 but it was not until 1996 that the site was awarded National Historic Site Status. Today you can visit the new Interpretation Center located adjacent the Quarry and view artifacts and exhibits from many of the cultures that lived in the community. Archeolgoist continue their work in Fleur-de-lys and on the Baie Verte Peninsula, inquire at the museum on where the digs are located.
Fleur-de-Lys is becoming a well known tourist attraction on the Baie
Verte Peninsula. A lot of the visitors like to watch the icebergs, whales and sea birds that frequent the coast throughout the year. The hiking trail program in Fleur-de-Lys caters to all levels of visitors, from easy trails to the more difficult trails, all are maintained yearly and a brochure of the trail system can be found at the Interpretation Center.
The community has been working hard to give every visitor to this area a
unique look into rural Newfoundland life. We have been building swimming
areas, a Town Park, organizing festivals and cleaning up the community. We invite you to come visit our community and take some time to get back to nature and discover our past.
If you want more information on Fleur-de-Lys and the attractions that we
have to offer visit our web-site at http://www.linkproject.nf.ca/quarry/
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