One of the OutPorts we visited on the Northern Avalon Peninsula

The weather was not nice all the time yet the area still is mysterious. The rocks have many shades of grey

This is "Our Lady Of Lourdes" Grotto built in 1958 by the Parish priest who thought the area is very similar to the original Lourdes in France

It was dedicated in 1984 by Pope John Paul

This is the St Francis Lighthouse Elsie had me beat the tar out of the Honda on the dried up creek bed to get there

The lighthouse is not being used now but it still looks pretty solid

This is the most northern spot of the Avalon Peninsula

We thought that we had better have the dogs on the leash as the drop offs were really steep and not well protected

It started to rain just after this. Fortunately the road was rock and not mud.

Bauline Harbour ... after a while they all start to look alike

Still an active fishing village, but many of the houses have been bought for use as summer places by "off Islanders"

Brigus ... nice village ... lousy lunch

Brigus is the home of the famous Captain Bartlett. He was famous for his voyages in the north

Captain Bartlett was so famous, the locals dug this cave passageway from where he docked his boat to his house. This saved him from rowing around a little point and into the main harbour. Isn't history fun????

Brigus Bay ... the sun was trying to shine

The story of Captain Bartlett

Monument to the memory of Capt. Bartlett

This guy is famous ... they even have a week set aside in the summer to commemorate his story

You just can not get tired of the coastline views

Looking back to Brigus

One of our Lobster Dinners ... notice the bottles of Black Horse and India Beer ... best beer brewed on the Island in my opinion ... after some considerable research, I might add

The most Eastern point in North America

It was a gorgeous day and the dogs had to come along. Cape Spear Lighthouse in the background

Cape Spear --- flag at half mast to honour Romeo LeBlanc

It is actually a large park with trails along the coast

This is the new Lighthouse

This is the 18th Century Lighthouse

If you can read it ....

The dogs made it to the top even though it was very hot and humid

This sign is not kidding

I went down the steps and at the bottom turned and took this shot

The old lighthouse on the cliff edge

Fortunately, there was no need for the fog horn that day....

Just a little dangerous

There was a WWII battery here to protect St John's harbour

The battery is open to wander around

Either side of this corridor are huge rooms carved into the solid stone used to store ammunition

That cannon would have been mounted on the platform in front of it

Today ... no attacking war ships only attacking tour boats with loudspeakers blaring out "Ise the bye that built the boat"

The old lighthouse, the new lighthouse and the obligatory gift shop

Signal Hill on July 1st

To the left is the tiny mouth of the harbour and the actual harbour is to the right. Amazing just how big a boat can make it in here

You can imagine how important this port was especially during the 17 and 1800's

A diagram of the old batteries to protect the place

To drive from Vancouver to here is about 4300 miles. To fly to London is only 2320 miles. Just how big is Canada anyway???