Punchbowl

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punchbowl 6.JPG (39858 bytes) Punchbowl is a fully protected harbour with a buoyed entrance and one of the best wharf systems on the Labrador coast. It is also completely deserted!
This sign says it all.

The shore facilities were completed in the late eighties as an elaborate summer fishing station. In 1992 the cod moratorium killed the fishery and Punchbowl along with it.

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punchbowl 7.JPG (39769 bytes) The facilities are extensive with a fish plant, bunk house, ice maker, store and fuel storage.

The buildings are still in excellent condition but all the equipment has been removed.
On the way north I came into punchbowl with a "strong NE" wind forecast. In a couple of hours the anemometer was reading 50 to 55 knots! I was glad I was tied to the leeward side of a wharf with all lines doubled up. punchbowl 8.JPG (39846 bytes)
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