Tag: 2016 Newfoundland

Yesterday, we drove to Cape Spear then continued west through Petty Harbour and Bay Bulls and finally returning to St. John’s and a walk downtown. Cape Spear currently hosts a lighthouse, but formerly hosted a fortress guarding the entrance into St. John’s Harbour.  The Cape is also the eastern-most point of land on the North…

Yesterday was our first full day in St. John’s. We toured around some of the major attractions (Signal Hill and Quidi Vidi Brewery), met a friend for dinner and listened to Newfoundland Folk Music. In St. John’s we’ve rented a duplex, the main floor and basement portions.  It is located within a 10 minute walk…

Looking out from our cottage in Trinity, across the harbour, was a lighthouse.  It occupies the spot that was formerly Fort Point.  The Fort was built in 1746, taken by the French in 1762 and destroyed, recovered and rebuilt in 1780 and again in 1812 and then left to decay [1].  Now there are few…

Giovanni Caboto (or Zuan Chabotto in Venetian) landed in Cape Bonavista in 1497. We got there in 2016.  Well, in fact the landing site was in dispute until “…for the 500th-anniversary celebrations, the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom designated Cape Bonavista in Newfoundland as the “official” landing place.” Coming to a conclusion of course…

Trinity is a beautiful, maybe idealised, little village. It appears to be largely oriented towards tourism. Most of the people walking on the streets, in the stores and restaurants look like tourists. Many buildings look geared to tourism.  Many are classified as historical buildings and are accompanied by a plaque outlining it’s story.   We…