Fodor's Expert Review Random Passage
The community of New Bonaventure is about 15 km (10 miles) south on Route 239 from Trinity. It has been the backdrop for two movies, The Shipping News and The Grand Seduction, and for an internationally televised miniseries based on Bernice Morgan's novel Random Passage. At the end of the road, walk a short way, and you'll reach the breathtaking cove now known as Random Passage where the set of the miniseries was constructed and eventually donated to the community as an early 19th-century outpost. You can roam the church, schoolroom, houses, and a fishing stage and flakes (where fish is dried), or sit near the vegetable garden and enjoy the quiet beauty of the cove's meadows and pastures. There are guided one-hour site tours, which include "Joe's Place," the bar featured in The Grand Seduction. The website is updated seasonally with frequent programming and events. The Old Schoolhouse tearoom (open from 9:30 to 4:30) serves house-made fish cakes, pea soup,... READ MORE
The community of New Bonaventure is about 15 km (10 miles) south on Route 239 from Trinity. It has been the backdrop for two movies, The Shipping News and The Grand Seduction, and for an internationally televised miniseries based on Bernice Morgan's novel Random Passage. At the end of the road, walk a short way, and you'll reach the breathtaking cove now known as Random Passage where the set of the miniseries was constructed and eventually donated to the community as an early 19th-century outpost. You can roam the church, schoolroom, houses, and a fishing stage and flakes (where fish is dried), or sit near the vegetable garden and enjoy the quiet beauty of the cove's meadows and pastures. There are guided one-hour site tours, which include "Joe's Place," the bar featured in The Grand Seduction. The website is updated seasonally with frequent programming and events. The Old Schoolhouse tearoom (open from 9:30 to 4:30) serves house-made fish cakes, pea soup, and light lunches.
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