Even with settlements like Benoits Cove and Frenchman's Cove dotting the landscape, the scenery is still awesome. Guernsey, Tweed and Pearl islands guard the opening of the Bay of Islands. There's a hiking trail in Blow Me Down park which is just before Lark Harbour at the end of Route 450. The Humber Arm's other sleeve is on the north side of the water on Route 440. The roads slips through Irishtown and Gillams before ending in Cox's Cove on the shores of Middle Arm.
Bays are big and wide while arms are slender and stretch inland from the bay.
And you thought as long as there's water around a cove is a cove. That is unless it's a gut. Here endeth the lesson and now it's back to the Trans Canada and on to Deer Lake. On the western end of town there's the old hydro electric station that was built to power Corner Brook's paper mill in the early days. Deer Lake is the place to stop and stock up on fresh local strawberries for the drive ahead.