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Saturday, December 24, 2022

Best Photos of Newfoundland

 Best Photos of Newfoundland

Back in 2002, Pat and I enjoyed a delightful tour of Newfoundland for several weeks.  The following photos are a summary of some of our favorites.  Great fun!


Anglican Cemetery


Beluga Whale Patted with Shovel

Blond Beluga Policewoman
 

It was her job to protect this lost Beluga whale.  He would follow the fishing boats into the harbor.  The local fishermen made him into a sort of pet.


Blow Me Down 
 

The local winds become so strong that they once blew a train off its tracks.  We were caught in it in our motorhome, and felt lucky to survive it.


Bottle Cove
 

Good place to dock your fishing boat when there's a storm at sea.


Bottle Cove Lobster Traps

Boys Fishing in Trout River

Burning Crab Truck

Yummy Caplin Tail First 
 

Yummy!


Caribou Shedding Winter Coat 

 

If my memory serves me well, Caribou were eradicated from the Island by overhunting, but were re-introduced and now have healthy populations.

Clear Water of Middle Arm

Threatening Clouds

Codroy Lighthouse

Bog Colors 

Colorful Waterfront

Cox's Arm Where Fur Seals Were Hunted 
 

We met a fellow on this walk who explained that he owns a cabin on the other side of this water.  In winters past, this arm of water would freeze over and he could walk across on the ice to his cabin.  From there, he could walk out on the ice and kill Fur Seal pups.  He made good money selling the pup furs.  But now the water seldom freezes and the seals are gone.


Freak Crow

 

Notice the long, curved, freakish beak on this crow.


What a View

East Beach

Dinner Time

Ferry Leaving Sydney

Fisherman's Brewis
 

Early Newfoundland had almost no roads.  Most towns and communities were on the coast so to visit another community travel was primarily by boat.  These folks were there to fish for Cod, they ate Cod, and they even kissed Cod.  They dried the Cod, when it was not raining, to ship back to Europe.  Brewis was made from Codfish too.


Flashet Pools

Future Miss Newfoundland

Black-backed Gull

Hikers We Met on Trail
 
 

There are only about a half-million inhabitants of both Newfoundland and Labrador.  So running into fellow hikers out in the woods is not a common occurrence.

Humber Arm


I Towed You
 

An automobile pulled by a motorhome is referred to as a "toad".


Jodie Harbor

Little Cove Beach

Middle Arm and Boat

North Point

Orange Boat

Palomino 

Pat and Win


Pink Lady Slipper

Railroad Snowplow

Rhodora or Rhododendrum
 

St Andrews Golf Course

Resting Vollyball Players

Moose Warning

Wild Lupines

Win's Trophy
 

Yummy!  Early settlers saw these beautiful lobsters crawling on their beaches but would not eat them.  They were considered trash animals that were inedible.

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