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| St John's & the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland |
| Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada on its east coast. Newfoundland itself is a large island and the most easterly point of continental North America. Until 1949, when it achieved independence, the province was a British territory. St John's is the capital and major city. |
| St John's - an aerial view from the 1970s showing the Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
| Bowring Park in Winter. |
| A great old postcard from about 1910 showing Water Street in St John's. The view today is not that different as many of the old buildings, formerly dockside warehouses, still remain. (Z) |
| Water Street, St John's, in the late 1960s. |
| A 1925 postcard of Petty Harbour. This is a very photogenic fishing village not far from St John's - go there if you have the opportunity, but watch the roads in winter ! (Z) |
| Topsail in a 1925 postcard. (Z) |
| Portugal Cove and Bell Island about 1910. There is a ferry to Bell Island from this village. The crossing is fun but there's not much to see on the island. There used to be iron ore mines at one time, but they are now disused. (Z) |
| Torbay in 1915 |
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| The National War Memorial which I believe is on Duckworth Street. (Z) |
| A rather tatty postcard of the harbour and town seen from the Catholic cathedral. (Z) |
| Middle Cove, Logy Bay, near St John's. (Z) |
| "Seen (scene ?) on Marine Drive", which is a pleasant afternoon ride near St John's - an undated postcard. |
| Cod Fishing - a 1940s postcard. (Z) |
| Middle Cove, which is near St John's - another postcard from the 1940s. (Z) |
| Drying the codfish - no indication of where in Newfoundland this is. (Z) |
| An iceberg off the Narrows - a common sight in the spring. |
| Sailing boats at the entrance to St John's Harbour. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| A 1947 postcard of the Narrows. |
| Cape Race. This is miles from anywhere, on the southern tip of the Avalon Peninsular. I remember driving over a pretty rough road to get there and finding a plaque on the lighthouse which says "Made in Birmingham" !! This was in 1974 - this card was mailed in 1947. |
| A nice postcard - not sure of the exact location. |
| This postcard of sports on St George's Field was mailed in 1909. |
| The Regatta on Quid Vidi Lake - a postcard from 1909. (Z) |
| No date for this view of the Waterford Valley. |
| A remarkably clear image from 1910. (Z) |
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| And Did You Know.........that much of St John's was destroyed in another fire on 8 July 1892 ? Follow this link for an excellent article about the fire. |
| Did You Know.........that a fire on 9 June 1846 destroyed more than 2000 buildings in St John's, and left 12,000 homeless ? Click here for the full story. |
| Cannon on Signal Hill. |
| And Did You Also Know.........that St John's suffered a third major disaster on 12 December 1942, when 99 people were killed in a fire at the Knights of Columbus Hostel on Harvey Road. Rumours at the time blamed sabotage by an "enemy agent" but this has never been proved. Follow this link for a colourful description of the conflagration. |
| Whilst constructing our page of postcards on the Crimea in Ukraine, we noticed a resemblance between a view of the harbour in Balaklava and St John's harbour. Have a look and see what you think - follow this link ! |
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