Humpback Whales , Cape Norman Lighthouse , Newfoundland
Vanaf het Cape Norman Lighthouse , op zo'n beetje het uiterste noord puntje van Newfoundland , kan je vanaf de kant prima Humpback Whales spotten ; ze zwemmen vlak onder de kust , en zijn goed te volgen zonder dat je met een bootje mee moet.
Cape Norman NFLD
Humpback's playing in the distance.
Our Adventure in Cape Spear
Perched on a rugged cliff at our continent's most easterly point of North America lies Cape Spear Lighthouse – the oldest surviving lighthouse in the province and an iconic symbol of Newfoundland and Labrador's mariner history.
Approaching the Cape Pine lighthouse
Sorry for the jittery video - it was a very rough dirt road.
Cape Spear
Short video showing the view from Cape Spear Lighthouse, Newfoundland
Kings Cove NL
Hiked out a trail in Kings Cove Newfoundland to find this hidden gem. What a lovely location.
Brigus lighthouse walking trail
part of the brigus lighthouse walking trail
Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve - Newfoundland
Some pics I took on a day trip to Cape St. Mary's in Newfoundland.
August 4, 2016
Music: Cape Cod Shore
Whale Watching in Newfoundland
A selection of shots from a few days on a RIB looking for Whales off the coast of Newfoundand.
Filmed while diving with Ocean Quest (oceanquestadventures.com) using a Sont HC7 camera in a Gates housing (underwater) and a Sony HC-9 HD camera on the surface.
Eland , Lobster Cove , Newfoundland
Deze eland spotten we bij de Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse , vlakbij Rocky Harbour. Rondom het lighthouse kan je veel elanden spotten , helaas is het ook een plek waar veel mist voorkomt...en dat klopt !
Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Wikipedia audio article
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Belle Isle (French for 'Beautiful Island') is an uninhabited island just off the coast of Labrador and north of Newfoundland at the Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle which takes its name. Named by French explorer Jacques Cartier, the island lies on the shortest shipping lane between the Great Lakes and Europe, and also on the main north–south shipping route to Hudson Bay and the Northwest Territories. The northern terminus of the International Appalachian Trail is located on Belle Isle.
Belle Isle rises to about 213 m (699 ft) at its highest point, 52 km2 (20 sq mi) in area, 16 km (9.9 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide. It is nearly 24 km (15 mi) from either coast, though slightly closer to the Labrador side of the Strait of Belle Isle, and has a lighthouse (supported by flying buttresses) at both its northern and southern ends. Officially uninhabited, there is some seasonal occupation during fishing season.
Belle Isle is the northernmost peak of the Appalachian Mountains, which extend in various shapes over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) southwest to Alabama, US.
Ice patterns show that the island lies at the meeting point of two sea currents: The Labrador Current flows from the northwest, and a smaller current, driven by dominant westerly winds, flows from the southwest. Flow lines in sea ice give a sense of the movement of the ice. Ice floes embedded in the Labrador Current appear as a relatively open pattern. Sea ice with a denser pattern enters from the strait, banking against the west side of Belle Isle. Tendrils flow around capes at either end of the island, with an ice-free shadow on the opposite, downstream side. Eddies off the western coast in the ice patterns (indicated by curved arrows in the photo) show where the currents interact north and west of the island.
North Head Trail, St. John's
The North Head Trail follows the Narrows out of St. John's Harbour and up Signal Hill to the Cabot Tower.
IJsberg , St. Anthony , Newfoundland
Vanuit St. Anthony maakten we een boottour om ijsbergen en walvissen te spotten. Bij vertrek om 0900 uur was het behoorlijk mistig , toen we enkele kilometers buitengaats waren klaarde het op en konden we een aantal ijsbergen bewonderen.
A first visit to the Cape Shore / Aidan O'Hara
From 'A Grand Time: The songs, music, and dance of Newfoundland’s Cape Shore' - a digital exhibition from the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)
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A whale watching picnic afternoon from underneath the lighthouse in Ferryland, Newfoundland.
St. Anthony, Newfoundland icebergs and Petermann Ice Island (PII-A)
Petermann Ice Island iceberg PII-A St. Anthony Newfoundland 07 Aug 2011
Shipwreck at Big Brook (19JUL2011)
The wreck of the Empire Energy lies on the shores of Newfoundland near the evacuated community of Big Brook. Word has it that this boat with her load of corn was intentionally run aground on 05NOV1941 after being damaged by a German U-Boat during WW2.
Big Brook, a remote community, was evacuated as of October 15, 2004. The road in has not been maintained and was a fairly rough ride in my little car.
On our tour of the northern part of the island I met Norman Young in Griget, a local fisherman who began carving in the off-season in 1969. I purchased one of his more modest soapstone carvings to add to my collection. If you can afford one of his whale bone carvings, they are completely amazing and worth every cent.
Stagehead Carving Shop, PO Box 76, Route 436, Griquet, Newfoundland, A0K 2X0, 709-623-2407, stageheadcarvings@yahoo.ca
The overnight ferry ride back to the mainland was enhanced by a very foggy morning.
Bowring Park, St John's - Sample - Drone Hub International (DHI)
Beautiful angles from around the unique and photoesque Bowring Park located in the center of St John's, Newfoundland.