The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal

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.
Our Parks Canada guide A local who has known the site for decad, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Our Parks Canada guide
A local who has known the site for decades
View across site Reconstruction on middle left; Ruins in grass, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
View across site
Reconstruction on middle left; Ruins in grass on middle right.
Outlines of settlement buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Outlines of settlement buildings
"Site of Leif Erikson's House" (<i>Maybe</i>), L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
"Site of Leif Erikson's House" (Maybe)
Graham at (<i>maybe</i>) Leif Erikson's House, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Graham at (maybe) Leif Erikson's House
View across site, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
View across site
Archaeologists at work, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Archaeologists at work
Archaeologists at work, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Archaeologists at work
Replica Settlement, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Replica Settlement
Replica Settlement, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Replica Settlement
Inside replica settlement, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Inside replica settlement
Inside replica settlement, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Inside replica settlement
Assorted artifacts from site, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Assorted artifacts from site
Bronze Cloak Pin found at site, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Bronze Cloak Pin found at site
Butternut found at site Believed to originate further South in, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Butternut found at site
Believed to originate further South in mainland Canada.
Hilltop silhouettes, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Hilltop silhouettes

Near L'Anse aux Meadows

Leif Erikson statue, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Leif Erikson statue
Leif Erikson + Graham, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Leif Erikson + Graham
View over Norstead, a replica Viking village, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
View over Norstead, a replica Viking village
</i>Snorri</i>, a replica of a viking "knarr" Success, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Snorri, a replica of a viking "knarr"
Successfully sailed from Greenland to Newfoundland
Rather desultory forge demo, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Rather desultory forge demo
Demonstration of hand Spinning Note the weight stone at the bot, Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Demonstration of hand Spinning
Note the weight stone at the bottom.
Aftermath of some successful axe throwing., Near L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, August 2022
Aftermath of some successful axe throwing.

St. John's, Newfoundland

Flower Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Flower Hill
Flower Hill But no sign of Constable Crabtree or the Flower Gir, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Flower Hill
But no sign of Constable Crabtree or the Flower Girls.
Flower Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Flower Hill
Anglican Cathedral, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Anglican Cathedral
Mer-Moose in St Johns, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Mer-Moose in St Johns
Statue of Policeman helping Child, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Statue of Policeman helping Child
Mooseburger advert: Meet Shammoose!, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Mooseburger advert: Meet Shammoose!
Graham and Shammoose, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Graham and Shammoose
Yummy Delicious Mooseburger, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 2022
Yummy Delicious Mooseburger

Signal Hill

Harbor view to Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Harbor view to Signal Hill
Graham at Queen's Battery, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Graham at Queen's Battery
View from Queen's Battery to harbor A narrow inlet, belling out, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
View from Queen's Battery to harbor
A narrow inlet, belling out into a fine harbor
Queen's Battery, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Queen's Battery
Misty view of Cabot Tower, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Misty view of Cabot Tower
Cabot Tower (1897), Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Cabot Tower (1897)
Signal Hill being retaken from the French (1762), Canada, August 2022
Signal Hill being retaken from the French (1762)
Marconi received the first Trans-Ataantic Radio Signal here, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Marconi received the first Trans-Ataantic Radio Signal here
Modern replica of Marconi Equipment, Signal Hill, Canada, August 2022
Modern replica of Marconi Equipment

Toronto

Provincial Legislature of Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Provincial Legislature of Toronto
Equestrian statue of Edward VII Moved here from Delhi in 1969, Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Equestrian statue of Edward VII
Moved here from Delhi in 1969
Churchill Statue, Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Churchill Statue
Churchill Statue, Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Churchill Statue
Old City Hall, Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Old City Hall
Old City hall, Toronto, Canada, August 2022
Old City hall

Royal Ontario Museum

A truly World Class museum. They have some oustanding pieces. Including many original Burgess shale fossils.
Ornate Entrance hall, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Ornate Entrance hall
Entrance Hall ceiling, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Entrance Hall ceiling
Main Hall with Dinosaur, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Main Hall with Dinosaur
T-Rex skeleton (cast), Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
T-Rex skeleton (cast)
NW Coast Totem Pole, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
NW Coast Totem Pole
NW Coast Totem Pole, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
NW Coast Totem Pole
Totem Pole top, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Totem Pole top
Touchable 4 billion year old rock, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Touchable 4 billion year old rock
Animated "Cambrian Aquarium", Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Animated "Cambrian Aquarium"
With a scuttling Wiwaxia, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
With a scuttling Wiwaxia
Wiwaxia model, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Wiwaxia model
Wiwaxia fossil (!), Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Wiwaxia fossil (!)
Relief of a Lion, Babylon c 600 BC From the Citadel of Nebuchad, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Relief of a Lion, Babylon c 600 BC
From the Citadel of Nebuchadnezzar II
"Corinthian" helmet ~490 BC Excavated at Marathon in, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
"Corinthian" helmet ~490 BC
Excavated at Marathon in 1834
Dracorex hogwartsia ("Dragon King of Hogwarts") A rea, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Dracorex hogwartsia
("Dragon King of Hogwarts")
A real new dinosaur species
Narwhal Tusk, Lincoln (?) 12th c Carved into a candelstick, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, August 2022
Narwhal Tusk, Lincoln (?) 12th c
Carved into a candelstick

Toronto Heli Tour

Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
Odd mix of high rise core and very low rise suburbs, Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
Odd mix of high rise core and very low rise suburbs
Downtown, Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
Downtown
Blue Jay's stadium, during a game., Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
Blue Jay's stadium, during a game.
CN Tower + Bluejays stadium, Toronto Heli Tour, Canada, August 2022
CN Tower + Bluejays stadium

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