Six narrated stops in Canada's most photographed fishing village: the 1915 lighthouse on its wave-swept granite, the working harbour of a thirty-resident community, William deGarthe's monument carved into the rock behind his house, the church, the glacial barrens — and the quiet granite memorial at The Whalesback for the 229 people of Swissair Flight 111, whom the fishermen of this shore went out to search for in the dark.
Every stop traces back to primary archaeological and heritage records. Not AI-generated guesses. Here's how each narration gets built.
Each stop pulls from OpenStreetMap · 3 features in this old town (the open mapping database used by Apple Maps and Tesla), Wikidata · 1 cross-referenced entries (the peer-reviewed structured-data project), the heritage authority below, and primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against the verified sources above. Anything that can't be supported gets cut.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Canada's most photographed lighthouse, successor to the 1868 light, once the village post office.
Thirty metres of granite outcrop carved by William deGarthe into fishermen, wives, and St. Elmo — a life's last work, unfinished.
Three notches in granite sight the crash site eight kilometres out. The fishermen of the cove searched all night.
Glacier-scoured bedrock and orphaned boulders — the landscape that makes the village look temporary.
Lobster boats and fish sheds on pilings; the preservation area keeps it a village, not a set.
The white church on the bare rock, still holding services above the cove.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 6 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each stop has its own narration — geology, the working village, and the two griefs the sea has left here.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every stop in the village and out to the memorial, told with the respect the place demands.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~20 minutes total, but you walk at your own pace. 6 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Your access lasts 30 days from purchase, so revisit as often as you like.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.