Grasslands National Park is located in southwest Saskatchewan, just north of the Montana border. I ventured there last week, accompanied by friend and photographer, Bob Bear. It’s a 7-hour drive from Canmore, so we spent a couple of days there, blessed by magnificent autumn weather. The nearest community is Val Marie, SK, a village of 140…
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Last Word(s) on Newfoundland
My final post on Newfoundland. I’ve chosen today’s pictures from our travels on the west coast of the Northern Peninsula, all the way to St. Anthony. My first picture shows a typical stack of lobster pots, seen at the village of St. Pauls. We saw similar stores of pots in every village we visited along the…
Gros Morne National Park
One of the highlights of our recent holiday in Newfoundland was Gros Morne National Park, a world heritage site located on the west coast. The park takes its name from Newfoundland’s second-highest mountain peak (at 806 m or 2,644 ft) located within the park. Its French meaning is “large mountain standing alone,” or more literally “great sombre.” The…
Avalon Peninsula
During our recent stay in St. John’s we took the opportunity to visit parts of the Avalon Peninsula, a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. We traveled the eastern coast as far south as Witless Bay and ventured out on the Baccalieu Trail on the Northern Point of the peninsula….
St. John’s
We’ve recently returned from a holiday in Newfoundland, Canada’s newest province, having joined us in 1949. Our first stop was St. John’s the provincial capital and largest city (population 112,000). Any visit to St. John’s must include some of its best known landmarks, Signal Hill, the Battery, Jellybean Row, Fort Amherst and Quidi Vidi to name…