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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1S_ice_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
Captions, clockwise from the top left. (English / French):
Pack Ice, frozen sea water up to 70 cm (27in.) thick, can be present in the waters off St. John's from February through April. The worst conditions occur in February/March. / La banquis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I0K_noon-day-gun_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
English
For at least 150 years, the arrival of noon hour in St. John's has been announced by the firing of a gun on Signal Hill. It began as a military time signal, but the practice was continued by the colonial government after the British garri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZ0_peacetime-use_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
Caption, top, left (English / French): The importance of Signal Hill to St. John's goes beyond its guns, signal masts and hospitals. Poet, songwriters and artists alike have celebrated the Hill's timeless strength. It has become a proud symbol of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWL_fishery_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
Captions, clockwise from the top right. (English / French):
St. John's is both a fishing port and a supply base for the fleets of many countries. / Saint- Jean est à la fois un part de pêche et un centre d'approvisionnement pour les flottes de …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWK_swiling_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
Captions, clockwise from the top right. (English / French):
Processing seal pelts, St. John's around 1900. / Transformation des peaux de phoques, Saint-Jean vers 1900.
From 1793 to the early 1980's, the departure of sealing ships from St. Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWE_cabot-tower_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
Captions, clockwise from the top left. (English / French):
The Cabot Tower's cornerstone was laid on 23 June 1897 to mark the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's North American Landfall and the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign. The building was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HW5_fever-hospital_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
English
Two adjoining barracks were constructed on this site between 1837 and 1840. The two story complex stretched the length of the present parking lot. It was converted to stores in 1842 because of problems with smoke, cold and dampness.
Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HVI_first-transatlantic-wireless-signal_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
This memorial is dedicated
by
Canadian Marconi Company
to the government and people of Newfoundland to commemorate an outstanding event in the history of Newfoundland and a new era in world communications
The first transatlantic wireless si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HVE_battle-of-signal-hill_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
English
This hill was the site of the decisive assault by British troops on the French lines, September 15, 1762, in the last phase of the battle in North America between the forces fo Great Britain and France. The victorious attack, led by Capta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HVD_transatlantic-radio-signals_St.-Johns-Newfoundland-and-Lab.html
This marker is composed of two side-by-side plaques, one in English and the other in French.English
At Signal Hill on 12 December 1901, Guglielmo Marconi and his assistant, George Kemp, confirmed the reception of the first transatlantic radio sig…