A couple from my walk this morning.
Bakeapples are my favourite local berries. I believe they're called cloudberries elsewhere. They make the most delicious, tart jam - and the dessert wine made from them is great too.
An enormous memorial to the son of the former Attorney General of Newfoundland who died in the 1860s trying to save two girls who were drowning in Soldier's Pond on Signal Hill.
A few quotes and pictures from our very first local elections in 1832. This didn't represent our complete independence from the United Kingdom - that didn't occur until May 22, 1855. But this was a very significant step. And people were thrilled, as you can tell by the middle quote in the bottom, left box.
The article is interesting too - it talks about how women watched the proceedings with great interest all day. Meanwhile, women in Newfoundland didn't gain the right to vote until 1925, almost a century later.
The end result of the 1832 elections was the creation of Newfoundland's Legislative Assembly, viciously mocked in the British press (who were opposed to granting Newfoundland any sort of independence) as the
Bow-Wow Parliament. Political cartoons there depicted our politicians as dogs.
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