Day 10: St John's to North Sydney, NS

Day 10: Tour of St John's and then Ferry to Nova Scotia

Since there wasn't any internet connection on the Ferry, I'm updating for the last 2 days.

Day 10 started off in St John's with a tour of Signal Hill (Cabot tower) and then Cape Spear and the lighthouse there.  Unfortunately we didn't end up having enough time to go to Dildo, but instead headed off to Argentia to catch the 16 hour ferry ride to Nova Scotia.

We woke up early and were at Signal Hill before it opened...yes we are keeners.   The good thing was that we had the whole of Signal Hill mostly to our selves.  On the summit of Signal Hill is the Cabot Tower, which was constructed in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage to the new world.
It was very foggy at first, but it lifted and we could see wonderful views of the harbour and St John's.
Signal Hill is also the location of the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal.  Marconi setup wireless radio transmitters on Signal Hill, and received the first signal from England.

St John's Harbour from Signal Hill

Cabot Tower on Signal Hill

We still had a couple hours before leaving or the ferry, so we headed to Cape Spear, which was about a 20min drive from St John's.  Cape Spear is a National Historic Site, and has one of Canada's oldest light houses.  But more interestingly, it is the most eastern part of Canada and still has remnants of WW2 artillery pill boxes.  The massive guns and underground tunnels from 1943 are all still there...pretty cool.

The most eastern part of Canada at Cape Spear

WW2 artillery pill boxes at Cape |Spear

We headed to Argentia, NL to catch the Ferry that took us to North Sydney, NS.  It's a 16 hr trip, but we splurged and booked a deluxe cabin with a nice bed and shower!  It was so worth the extra cost since I couldn't image sitting in reclining seats for that much time.