Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland

 In July 2024 I set off on a cruise to Canada and Greenland on Fred Olsen's Bolette. After 5 days at sea, our first stop was St. John's, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador form the most easterly province of Canada. St. John’s is the capital and situated on the southeast of the island of Newfoundland.

Because of Newfoundland’s island location, it has its own unique time zone, ½ hour different than the rest of Atlantic Canada. It is the easternmost city in North America and also the oldest. 

When we arrived at the port, a Newfoundland dog was there to greet us. It was wearing the Newfoundland tartan -

In a nearby park is a memorial to Newfoundland and Labrador dogs - though sadly I didn't see any real Labradors.

St. John's is a hilly town with a mix of colourful wooden houses, brick churches and colonial buildings. 

The main street was closed to traffic, to enable cruise ship passengers to walk safely.

The Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist -

National War memorial -

Mid morning fog in the bay -

Jelly Bean row -

Anglican cathedral of St John -

After lunch I decided to walk up Signal Hill, This is the hill on the left of The Narrows -

 One of the oldest buildings in St John's, having survived the great fire in 1892 -

Still quite a way to go!

View from The Queen's Battery Barracks -

Looking across The Narrows. Cape Spear can just be seen (under the yellow arrow) - this is the easternmost point of North America. There is a fog bank behind and when we sailed out that evening there was no sign of Cape Spear cos of the fog.

This is a zoom shot of Cape Spear and the 1836 lighthouse can be seen =

The top of Signal Hill, Cabot Tower. It is free to go up the tower.

Sailing out through The Narrows at 7.45 pm - when we had entered in the morning it was thick fog and we saw nothing. As we went out into the bay we sailed into a fog bank.

Surprisingly there was a nice sunset back over the mainland, with fog on the right of the photo -