Sept 7 - 8 Mahone Bay, Lunenberg & Lockeport

Mahone Bay

Lunenberg Academy (old school)

 Lunenberg Distillery Makes Vodka, Rum and Fruit Liqiours

 Waterfront

 The Bluenose

Lockeport Miniture Boats

 Miniture Tintanic

Sept 6 - Peggy's Cove

Sept 2 -3 Argentia and Ferry

We stayed in Argentia when we visited Cape St Mary's and other western Avalon sites. This is a view from our campsite.

 We visited Castle Hill National Historical Site. This view is of the town of Placentia. Argentia has no town just an old airforce base.

 This is our ferry to leave Newfoundland

 Leaving port we could see our campsite up on the hill. You can also see some of the old airforce buildings.

 The ship had an great entertainer all evening. The trip takes 14 hours on a good day. Our sailing was delayed 1 hour because of winds and then took 17 hours to cross to North Syndey, Nova Scotia.

Good-bye Newfoundland!

Sept 1st Cape St Mary's

On the south west tip of the Avalon peninsula in Newfoundland is Cape St Mary's which is renowned as having one of the largest Northern Gannet populations during chick rearing times and it is fairly accessible for viewing. We walked a 1.4 km trail and there they were approximately 60 feet away. Roughly 50,000 pairs come here each year.

Aug 28 - 31 St Johns & Quidi Vidi

Here are some shots from St Johns NL

 One of many colored mailboxs

 St Johns older part of town is very hilly

 Mile Zero monument for Terry Fox

Quide Vidi a small fishing village very close to St Johns

It has its own brewery which produces very nice beers. Their premium beer is made with water melted from icebergs, very smooth and clear. We arrived at the brewery on Friday near closing but found out they were having a kitchen party upstairs, so we took it in. Very fine local musicians and great beer.

Aug 24 - 27 Brigus, Cape Spear, Petty Harbour & Signal Hill

A small community of Brigus

National Historic Site in Brigus right next to our campsite

Cape Spear Lighthouses (Old and Newer). Cape Spear is on the outskirts of St Johns

It is also the most easterly point in Canada

A nice fishing village of Petty Harbour

A view from Signal Hill into St Johns

The Cabot Tower on Signal Hill where Marconi sent his first trans-atlantic message.

Aug 21 -23 Part 2 Ellison & Trinity

Two other communities we visited in the Bonavista area were Ellison and Trinity.

Ellison is noted for two things its Puffin colony and for have the most root cellars (approx 135) used to store root vegetables mainly.

Trinity is a National Historic Site where we just lucked in to seeing an historical play done in a historic homes dining room, kitchen and garden. The play moved from place to place and was extremely well acted. Trinity does have a proper theatre but it was not performing the day we were there.

 Interesting church in Trinity