Newfoundland Highlands

The wooded interior of Newfoundland is a country of hills, lakes and rivers, far from the island's fishing harbours. The Beothuk travelled between coast and interior with the seasons, gathering in autumn near Red Indian Lake and the Exploits River to hunt migrating caribou. Fences guided the animals towards openings where hunters waited, and meat was stored for winter. In 1768 John Cartwright followed the Exploits to the lake and recorded the dwellings and hunting works he found there.