Lighthouses and American Military Leftovers

[SignalHillHiker]

Cape Spear may not be the most easterly point of North America if you include Greenland, but we don't. And we've won the marketing campaign.

A few shots of Cape Spear's attractions from earlier this evening...


St. John's from Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear Lighthouses by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Signal Hill from Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


St. John's from Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

These are just for tourists. A few manage to kill themselves every few years.


Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Abandoned American WWII Battery by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Abandoned American WWII Battery by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Abandoned American WWII Battery by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear New Lighthouse by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear Old Lighthouse by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear New Lighthouse by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Cape Spear New Lighthouse by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

And a few earlier views in the other direction...

Cape Spear is just outside the harbour to the right...


The Sun Breaking Through Fog by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Cape Spear from Signal Hill:


Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Fort Amherst and Cape Spear by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

[10023]

Cool stuff... reminds me of a colder, more rugged Montauk Point (with Camp Hero and that huge post-war radar installation... upper right of the below photo):