Walking Tour: St. John's Downtown and 1892 Great Fire

Walking Tour: St. John's Downtown and 1892 Great Fire On July 8, 1892, St. John's experienced its biggest fire, where 2 thirds of St. John's laid in ruins. My family has lived in St. John's.
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John's since the early 1890s and lived on George and New Gower Streets. I grew up on McFarlane Street behind the Delta Hotel. My father had so many stories I wrote them down; and I am in the process of writing a book about the streets of St. The information also led to this walking tour. This walking tour of approximately 1.5 to 2 hours follows the outline of the Great Fire of 1892. It starts with

a history of St. John’s; the battles with the French; and while walking, unique stories about George Street, Burst Heart Hill, Bates Hill, Churches, Court House, the shortest street in North America, Jelly Bean Row, where and how the 1892 great fire started, the house with the Titanic connection, Shawnadithit – the last of the Beothuk, and much more. Also, we will walk on a few streets where other tours do not go explaining which houses survived the fire, what life was like in the 1950s and 1960s on these streets, etc. We will walk by the restaurants where the locals, and the townies who return home for visits, go to for the best fish and chips in St. John’s, The Rooms, the school where the CBC TV show Son of a Critch was filmed, Bannerman Park, The Colonial Building, Lieutenant Governor’s House, etc. I volunteered as a beaver leader, coached boys and girls over 13 years - t-ball, soccer, hockey and basketball, provided University students with budgeting sessions, raised funds for University soccer and basketball teams, wrote a children's book - My Allowance (2,000 copies sold). Appeared in the CBC TV show "Son of a Critch" during the first 3 seasons.

Great to see the RNC Mounted Unit patrolling downtown St. John's at night.
10/19/2024

Great to see the RNC Mounted Unit patrolling downtown St. John's at night.

Welcome to my page. Check out all the info you need about the Walking Tour and guide Dave Royle
10/15/2024

Welcome to my page. Check out all the info you need about the Walking Tour and guide Dave Royle

Many thanks to John, Kate and Carol Ann for their hospitality last weekend at the Edge of the Avalon Inn. Food was grea...
08/14/2024

Many thanks to John, Kate and Carol Ann for their hospitality last weekend at the Edge of the Avalon Inn. Food was great and the rooms were lovely and very quiet. It was very nice to see them honoring their parents/grandparents with the garden named “Florrie and Gordon’s Garden”. Cathie and I were fortunate to meet them when they attended all the basketball games at the old MUN gym watching their grandchildren play.
The southern shore offered great scenery with stops at Ferryland (Colony of the Avalon – settled in the 1600s), Renews (Midnight Hill and the Grotto de Lourdes on Mass Rock), Cape Pine (most southerly point in Newfoundland), St. Shotts, etc. We saw whales, a caribou and an otter. We were told it’s just a regular weekend on the southern shore. Amazing.

Big thank you to Frank Sullivan, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Command at the Royal Canadian Legion; Berkley L...
06/30/2024

Big thank you to Frank Sullivan, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Command at the Royal Canadian Legion; Berkley Lawrence, 1st Vice-President of the Royal Canadian Legion; Premier Andrew Furey; Labour Minister and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan; Gary Browne, Veteran and Historian; and everyone else involved in bringing home the Unknown Soldier from Beaumont-Hamel, France. Many people visited the Unknown Soldier at Confederation Building over the past few days.

The halo around the streets of St. John's June 11, 2024.
06/13/2024

The halo around the streets of St. John's June 11, 2024.

03/11/2024

St. John's Streets after The March 9, 2024 Storm. First 2 pictures - Circular Rd east of Monkstown Rd. Next two - Mullock Street needed a sidewalk plow on each end.

On top of Signal Hill – to the east a game of shinny on Georges Pond
03/03/2024

On top of Signal Hill – to the east a game of shinny on Georges Pond

On top of Signal Hill – to the west a sunset
03/03/2024

On top of Signal Hill – to the west a sunset

St. John’s – the first City in North America to see the sunrise.
01/29/2024

St. John’s – the first City in North America to see the sunrise.

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