Canada, August 2022 | ||
| L'Anse aux Meadows St. John's Toronto |
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
The L'Anse aux Meadows archaeological site in Newfoundland marks the only confirmed Viking outpost in North America.
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| Our Parks Canada guide A local who has known the site for decades |
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| View across site Reconstruction on middle left; Ruins in grass on middle right. |
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| Outlines of settlement buildings |
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| "Site of Leif Erikson's House" (Maybe) |
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| Graham at (maybe) Leif Erikson's House |
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| View across site |
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| Archaeologists at work |
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| Archaeologists at work |
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| Replica Settlement |
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| Replica Settlement |
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| Inside replica settlement |
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| Inside replica settlement |
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| Assorted artifacts from site |
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| Bronze Cloak Pin found at site |
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| Butternut found at site Believed to originate further South in mainland Canada. |
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| Hilltop silhouettes |
Near L'Anse aux Meadows
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| Leif Erikson statue |
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| Leif Erikson + Graham |
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| View over Norstead, a replica Viking village |
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| Snorri, a replica of a viking "knarr" Successfully sailed from Greenland to Newfoundland |
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| Rather desultory forge demo |
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| Demonstration of hand Spinning Note the weight stone at the bottom. |
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| Aftermath of some successful axe throwing. |
St. John's, Newfoundland
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| Flower Hill |
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| Flower Hill But no sign of Constable Crabtree or the Flower Girls. |
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| Flower Hill |
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| Anglican Cathedral |
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| Mer-Moose in St Johns |
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| Statue of Policeman helping Child |
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| Mooseburger advert: Meet Shammoose! |
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| Graham and Shammoose |
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| Yummy Delicious Mooseburger |
Signal Hill
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| Harbor view to Signal Hill |
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| Graham at Queen's Battery |
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| View from Queen's Battery to harbor A narrow inlet, belling out into a fine harbor |
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| Queen's Battery |
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| Misty view of Cabot Tower |
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| Cabot Tower (1897) |
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| Signal Hill being retaken from the French (1762) |
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| Marconi received the first Trans-Ataantic Radio Signal here |
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| Modern replica of Marconi Equipment |
Toronto
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| Provincial Legislature of Toronto |
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| Equestrian statue of Edward VII Moved here from Delhi in 1969 |
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| Churchill Statue |
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| Churchill Statue |
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| Old City Hall |
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| Old City hall |
Royal Ontario Museum
A truly World Class museum. They have some oustanding pieces. Including many original Burgess shale fossils.
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| Ornate Entrance hall |
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| Entrance Hall ceiling |
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| Main Hall with Dinosaur |
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| T-Rex skeleton (cast) |
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| NW Coast Totem Pole |
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| NW Coast Totem Pole |
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| Totem Pole top |
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| Touchable 4 billion year old rock |
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| Animated "Cambrian Aquarium" |
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| With a scuttling Wiwaxia |
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| Wiwaxia model |
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| Wiwaxia fossil (!) |
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| Relief of a Lion, Babylon c 600 BC From the Citadel of Nebuchadnezzar II |
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| "Corinthian" helmet ~490 BC Excavated at Marathon in 1834 |
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| Dracorex hogwartsia ("Dragon King of Hogwarts") A real new dinosaur species |
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| Narwhal Tusk, Lincoln (?) 12th c Carved into a candelstick |
Toronto Heli Tour
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| Odd mix of high rise core and very low rise suburbs |
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| Downtown |
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| Blue Jay's stadium, during a game. |
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| CN Tower + Bluejays stadium |