The Whole Picture: Newfoundland Root Cellar
Root Cellar, Elliston
Once a busy fishing settlement but now a quiet tourist destination, Elliston is a small community located on the Northeastern tip of the Bonavista peninsula in Newfoundland. With over 130 root cellars—small storage spaces skillfully built into the hillsides—Elliston has an unusual heritage. Important to many in rural Newfoundland, the root cellars kept vegetables cool, yet frost-free and edible during the long winter months. A tour of the town and the neighbouring community of Maberly reveals a hillside dotted with tiny doors and wooden frames, portals, perhaps, to a time when living was harder, but much simpler. The town contains many attractions including the beautiful beach at Sandy Cove, camping facilities at Elliston municipal park, puffin sites and of course many examples of traditional Newfoundland root cellars.
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Nice photo sadly the only thing I am really familiar with when it comes to Newfoundland is the dog that I wanted so bad known as a Newfoundland. These cellars were really important in keeping the food fresh are they being used still today?
I really love photos of old “stuff” like this. There is a simple beauty that only time can produce that I really like…
Great shot, and a unique subject!