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Saturday, September 15, 2007

St.John's


This was the view outside our hotel. Typical of the downtown of St. John's. The Mansard roofs appeared after the fire of 1892 which burned down most of the downtown. The style had changed. You can track the extent of the fire by looking at the roofs.
Posted by Eileen at 7:33 AM

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      • End of our trip
      • Cabot Trail
      • Inventor, canon fire and coal mines
      • Lobsters and the Bay of Fundy
      • Confederation bridge and sleepy PEI
      • Wolfville, tides and lobster
      • Acadian churches
      • Port Royal in the fog
      • Canoe heaven
      • Canoe ride in Kedjimkujik National Park
      • Lunenburg "Bump"
      • Gastronomical Adventures in the Maritimes
      • If it's Saturday, it must be Lunenberg
      • Mug up
      • St.John's
      • L'Anse aux Meadows
      • Lobster traps in Tickle Cove
      • For dog lovers
      • Bonavista
      • Highway gardens
      • Tablelands, carnivorous flowers and The Rooms
      • Vikings, moose and other creatures...
      • Puffins, jam and cod fishing
      • Windy capes, short beds and haunted tales
      • Friendly folk, working harbour, we're here!
      • Two penguins in the northern hemisphere

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