touring canada

from the French charm of Quebec City to the turquoise, crystal clear waters of Georgian Bay (with some of the best scuba diving for shipwrecks)

 

 

 

 

to the wilds of the far north in Yukon 

splashes of colour

Some unusually colourful houses (for Canada) in St John's

 
under less sunny skies, is this street in Helsinki

and some unusual colours on this lighthouse on the North Sea

more yellow in Vienna

signal hill

Built in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's landing in Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It was here that Marconi received the first wireless message in morse code sent from Cornwall.

cape bonavista

built in 1843, it is now a museum and interpretive centre

point amour

If you want to walk the 132 steps to the top (33 metres), you will be rewarded with a magnificent view from the south coast of Labrador. It is the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada.

blue ice

It takes about two to three years for the icebergs to drift the 1,800 nautical miles southbound from the Labrador Current to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland.
In April of 2017, a giant iceberg reached Ferryland where Michael Winsor captured this photo.
The top stamp is a painting by Mary Pratt from 1991.


for Sunday Stamps - the colour blue

the rock

iceberg

There are fewer, and smaller, icebergs off the coast of  Newfoundland and Labrador, but I'm sure the ones left are still a magnificent sight.

quidi vidi

Now a neighbourhood of St John's, it was once an historic fishing village.

The big green building is a major attraction - it's the Quidi Vidi Brewery

As an aside, Quidi Vidi Lake is where the annual Royal St John's Regatta takes place on the first Wednesday of August. Last year, it celebrated its 200th anniversary. It is a civic holiday in NL.

newfoundland

the big land

Discover 300,000 sq km of unspoiled, ancient beauty. Labrador boasts towering mountains, 

massive rock faces, and an infinite supply of lakes and rivers.

kiss the cod

fisherman from Trinity Bay NFLD
photo taken almost 50 years ago of three fishermen

outer cove

on the Avalon Peninsula

puffins

The Atlantic puffin regains its colourful beak during the mating season which begins in early April. They nest in burrows with males spending most of their time guarding and maintaining the nest, while the female incubates and feeds the (one) chick. This is the only time they will spend on land.

Sunday Stamps II - 123

2015, Canada, Weather Wonders - fog at Cape Spear

Cape Spear is on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland (near St John's) and is the easternmost point of North America. The lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was built in 1836, with a new tower built in 1955 using the active light from the original tower. Generations of the Cantwell family of lightkeepers lived at Cape Spear for 150 years, from 1847 to 1997.

for lighthouses and/or windmills

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2007, Canada Terra Nova National Park
designer: Saskia van Kampen
Photographer: Garry Black

Showing a sunrise over Alexander Bay, this stamp celebrates the 50th anniversary of Terra Nova National Park, the first national park in Newfoundland. The park is 400 square kilometres of rugged terrain that is part of the Appalachian Mountain System that extends from Newfoundland to Alabama.

for sunrise/sunset