Cape Spear - eastern most point in North America

The sign says "le Canada commence ici … ou se, termine, ici"   For my reader who can not read French that says  "Canada begins here … or ends" depending on which direction you are going of course. There has to be a place that is the eastern most point in North America  and here it is and here we are.  For my reader who doesn't know me, that's me talking to brother Mark while marking this accomplishment.  I am assuming that I either have two readers or the reader who does not know French also does not know me.

But before getting here we did drive across the island stopping at the memorial in Gander for the 248 men of the 101st Airborne and the 8 airplane crew who died in a December 1985 crash after a refueling stop on their return from a peace keeping mission in the Sinai between Egypt and Israel.  

It is at the actual crash site between the airport and Lake Gander and was and still is the largest single air disaster in Canadian aviation history.

On to St John's, the capital of Newfoundland/Labrador, and up Signal Hill, site of the final battle of the Seven Years War between the French and British in 1762.  Important here because it settled the issue of who Canada belonged to — "God Save the Queen" gives you a hint as to the victor.

It provides great security for the narrows or entrance to the port of St John's. So the French most often would attack overland I understand.  Signal Hill was also the place Marconi first received a wireless transmission from Europe using Morse Code (what's that? says another of my readers).  Wonder what ole Marconi would say now?

Dinner was at a pub in the historic part of town.  

A true little crowded pub too. Noisy and lots of fun.

The Duke of Duckworth's entrance is in a little little alley between Water and Duckworth streets should you look for it.  Had cod.  Surprise surprise.

St John's is a harbor and we enjoyed watching this ship dock from our hotel room and later breakfast table — we've upgraded since Blanc Sablon.

And this is looking east, as in dead east, that point in the fence. Windy and COLD.

Rocky and bleak looking place.  Wish I had gotten a good picture of the waves crashing and it was possible for ya'll to hear the sounds.  Birds were diving hard into the water too for fish.