Fogo Island

If you're searching the four corners of the earth, you won't miss Fogo Island. Its Brimstone Head was once thought to be one of the four corners of the earth. Another awesome feature of Fogo is its visiting icebergs. Fogo Island is one of the stops along iceberg alley, and every year visitors can feel the breeze from the prehistoric mammoth bergs.

Fogo Island is an outport Newfoundland fishing community that has been a tourist attraction for years.  It started in the 1600's as a seasonal fishing grounds for English, Irish and a scattered Scot.  When colonization started cultures from around the globe came to fish off 'Newfoundland' for its bounty.   Fogo Island was orginally covered with trees, until the fires strated.  Both the boethuk peoples and the passing Spanish sailors called it Island of fire. The name 'fogo' comes from the Spanish word meaning 'fire'.

Now Fogo Island is a hot tourist spot, one of the few remaining places that mantained their ancestral heritage.  People come from all over the world to gaze upon its wonders. 

For more info on Fogo Island, visit http://www.nfcap.nf.ca/central/Fogo/FogoIslandexperience/index.html