[Photos] St. John's Photos from the Summer

[upinottawa]

For your enjoyment. Some photos that I took in St. John's (and area) this summer.

The narrows from Signal Hill:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010732.jpg

The narrows from the Rooms:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010918.jpg

Signal Hill:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010725.jpg

A light house taken from Signal Hill:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010735.jpg

At Cape Spear:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010846.jpg

The Supreme Court (provincial court house):

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland070.jpg

Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland086.jpg

Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010716.jpg

United Church (I may be wrong):

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland089.jpg

The Rooms:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010924.jpg

The Masonic:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland084.jpg

Mile One:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland079.jpg

Typical St. John's row houses:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/Borland083.jpg

Johnson Geo Centre (at Signal Hill):

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1020020.jpg

Looking for Puffins at Bay Bulls:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010898.jpg

Outside of Bay Bulls:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/upinottawa/Newfoundland/P1010904.jpg

[ErickMontreal]

Wow...! Newfoundland is really a another country!

[DuffMan]

Great pictures!

I really like the landscape shots. Also, the row houses in St. John's are really nice. A lot of cities would kill for some character houses like that - and these houses are probably the norm in St. John's.

Not sure about the downtown though. From the distance shots, it doesn't look all that impressive for a city of its size. I could be wrong though, if I saw some of the closer up shots.

[Architype]

Thanks for posting the nice St John's pics. Looks like you got most of the essentials. ^ The whole downtown area is full of row houses which range from plain boxy to rather elaborate, and the styles are mostly unique to St.John's. You are right, the 9th pic is Gower Street United Church, which has an unusual design, and used to have a tower & spire above the clock which was removed in the early 1900's. The Anglican cathedral (7th pic) had a planned 150' spire which was never built.

[Canasian]

Newfoundland is the coolest!

[Ex-Ithacan]

What a view the folks in the house on the point have (in the 1st pic). Thanks for the tour, looks nice.

[Arriviste]

Thanks for the pics. Supremely interesting.

[Smevo]

Beautiful photos of a beautiful city and gorgeous area. I really have to make my way up there sometime in the near future. Thanks for sharing.

[OhioGuy]

Such an interesting & unique city. Thanks for posting these. :)

[upinottawa]

Hey everyone, thanks for the positive feedback. St. John's really is a unique city. Had I known that I would be posting those pictures on this forum, I would have taken more pictures of downtown.

I found downtown St. John to be fairly busy for a town of its size. There is an abandoned department store downtown, but other than that there were plenty of restaurants and shopping options in the city.

I was a bit surprised by the harbourfront (I was expecting Halifax), but that being said St. John's is a working port and there really is no space for a tourist friendly harbourfront.

What was especially cool about St. John's was Signal Hill and Cape Spear. Most cities would die for vantage points like that not to mention National Parks like that.

I would encourage other people to post their St. John's photos here.

[MrChills]

Various shots of St. John's from my past several trips back home.

Great view of a cruise ship coming in through "The Narrows", I didn't take this photo, but it is amazing!

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805799-M.jpg

View of the Battery, a fishing village within St. John's. People originally built houses here to be the closest to the fishing grounds.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805802-M.jpg

Driving through the Battery, streets don't get much narrower than the ones you can find here.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805899-M.jpg

Parked inside the Battery.

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Looking past Fort Amherst from inside the Battery on a foggy warm summer morning.

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A dreary early morning fog hangs over downtown.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805901-M.jpg

Cape Spear, the most easternly point in North America, do you see the old man with the pointy nose in the cliffs?

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805836-M.jpg

View from next to the Cape Spear Lighthouse, the fog is swallowing the mountain side and windy road that brings you out to the cape.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805839-M.jpg

Typical St. John's "Jellybean" row houses

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805804-M.jpg

Winter in downtown St. John's, winter is a strange season in the city; you can have several feet of snow on the ground one day, the next day it's warm, rainy and melting away, only to come back again the next day :)

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805806-M.jpg

February wind is howling off the mighty North Atlantic on top of Signal Hill.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805807-M.jpg

Three mainlanders drowned in this area of Cape Spear last summer. Don’t play with Mother Nature; I don’t care how strong you can think you can swim, the waves have been swimming a little longer.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805808-M.jpg

Mid day on George Street. Later in the evening when most bars are closing in North America, George is at is peak! People all of all ages celebrate shoulder to shoulder on the world's biggest little street.

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O'Rielly's Newfoundland Irish Pub.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805855-M.jpg

With 42 bars on a one block street, George Street has the most pubs per square foot of any street in North America.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805865-M.jpg

George Street late in the night, or early in the morning, depending on how you look at it. My camera is seeing the world the way I am by this time, dark and blurry :cheers:

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805810-M.jpg

Early morning on Water Street, we were walking back from an afterhours club in downtown as other people were walking to work. For a city of its size, it has unsurpassed nightlife!

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805841-M.jpg

Water Street (formly Lower Path), the oldest street in North America.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805890-M.jpg

Old meets new, meets ugly!

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805842-M.jpg

How many cities do you see an old man playing the accordian in the street :haha:

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805843-M.jpg

View of Signal Hill and Cabot Tower, with a steady stream of ships coming and going servicing the offshore oil rigs.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805845-M.jpg

Some of the best traditional pubs in St. John's can be found hidden within small lanes between the busier main streets.

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http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805886-M.jpg

View of the downtown and east end from "The Rooms"

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805883-M.jpg

Having a lunch after hiking out to the top of Red Cliff.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805885-M.jpg

The Basilica of St. John The Baptist.

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Heading through rawlins cross into downtown.

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The east end of town.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/101805850-M.jpg

Aerial view of the city near the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), I didn't take this photo.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/102403050-M.jpg

A sign of the times.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/93431392-M.jpg

[Ex-Ithacan]

Wow, great set of pics MrChills. The one with the cruise ship(a big rascal) is awesome. Probably won't, but I'd love to visit this city some day. Thanks for the pics.

[Keith P.]

What is/are "The Rooms"?

Love St. John's, been there a few times. Only issue is a shortage of decent hotels downtown. The Fairmont is overpriced and the Delta is getting a bit shabby.

[upinottawa]

http://www.therooms.ca/

[upinottawa]

Nice photos MrChills.

I remember walking past the "Duke" one evening.

To promote things to do in St. John's, the city has a very good "haunted hike" that costs only $5 per person.

[bluenoser]

Thanks to everyone for all the great pictures. For those who haven't, I would highly recommend a visit to this fine city. Cape Spear and Signal Hill are amazing, but just driving around the city is a lot of fun, though beware of some crazy intersections!

St. John's is not a highrise type city, which I find really contributes to its character - and boy does it have a lot of character!

Also, I think any drive around the Avalon Peninsula is just great - we drove the 'Irish Loop' - the northern part. Spectacular.

[ssiguy]

Being in BC its awfully far but I don't wan that to stop me.
More thjan anyother city in Canada I would want to visit St.John's.
My father has been all over Canada several times and still says that St.John's is by far his favorite city in the country.

[upinottawa]

St. John's is a unique city and well worth the visit. That being said, I would plan my trip during a season that does not end in "inter".

[harls]

amazing photos and commentary guys.. I want to visit someday..

[tayser]

Christ, that could pass as the Hebridean Islands!

cruise ship photo is amazing.

[SpongeG]

i hear drinking is huge in newfoundland

[phillyskyline]

Sweet! Thanx for the tour...

[gatt]

a city we don't see enough around here.our country is so different from coast to coast.

[spiritedenergy]

newfoundland looks beautiful, it reminds of ireland but it's more wild... what jobs are available in newfoundland? I want to move to atlantic canada that's my new life goal:rolleyes:

[SignalHillHiker]

Wow...! Newfoundland is really a another country!

I loved the pictures. And I LOVED this comment, ha!

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Why did the Basilica change its red doors in for tamer brown ones? Was there a religious objection to the bright red?

[SignalHillHiker]

a city we don't see enough around here.our country is so different from coast to coast.

lol Bet we won't hear that again.

[Townie709]

Awesome pictures! Now that we've got our own section, i'm seeing all these threads that I never knew existed because they were 'before my time' and lost in the pages of the Atlantic Section and I never bothered to look for them!

I love the photos. St. John's is indeed a beautiful city and very unique and a place that I am very proud to call my home. There is no place I would rather live. It's a booming city as well. Development is picking up steam quickly here and it shows no signs of stopping soon. But although we are starting to "grow up" (literally) we still remain true to our heritage and are preserving all that makes us unique. It makes me happy to see all the compliments of our fair little city and I invite everyone who see's this to come and visit; give the local economy a boost ;)

[Architype]

You might find some more photo threads buried in the main photos section. I started a thread for Atlantic Canada Photos in 2008 and I listed and linked quite a few of them (and for other Atlantic cities too) at the beginning of the thread :

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=148885

[Townie709]

Thanks, I'll be sure to check those out!