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My retirement is five years down the road. In 2029 I'll be taking a one month visit to Gander Newfoundland. Do you have any vids of Gander? Last year, some friends visited Twillinggate and my friend's daughter got a chunk of ice . Pretty sure they were on Twillingate Spirit.

My Grandfather was born in Fox Harbour in 1902.

WOW! this was just an Amazing video Just love it! Thank you so much for sharing I am from P.E.Island P.E.I. and would just love to visit NFLD someday. I am from a little village on the North side of the Island actually a fishing village so I dearly love all the little harbors I would love to visit Bartletts Harbor on the Northern Peninsula and all those little harbors around. if you ever do a video at Bartletts Harbor⚓ I would be so grateful to see it.🥰 Thanks for sharing with us you ROCK!!! 💯💖👏👏

Colour of the water in the Harbour is amazing. I remember it being green n foul. In 79

That would be a templar grave site.. the Portuguese (knights of the red cross) were there in the 1400s

I'm from Sweden. How do I immigrate?

Love your videos, but just want to say we never say "land" in names that distinctly.. My dad grew up in Ferryland, and we pronounce it like it rhymes with how Americans pronounce "Maryland" if that makes sense? This goes for the name of the province too! Great shots btw, you make Newfoundland look beautiful!

I love how you appreciate this awesome park, but we locals don't say "bo-ring". :P It's actually closer to the name Bauer, like the hockey brand. "Bow" like I bow down, or I bow out, and -er after. "Bow-er-ing park" said really fast. As a youngster who spent many a day in the park I questioned my parents endlessly about the pronunciation, much to their annoyance I'm sure.

Moving home in six weeks. Left in 1984. Wish I never left at all. ❤️

My grandmother worked on the base back in the day god rest her soul

Home Sweet Home!

Good videos, but disappointed you never went to the end of the world, otherwise known as Rose Blanche. Unfortunately most people that say they travelled across Newfoundland, never been to the end of the 470.

Stationed there from November 67 to May 69. Very busy place at that time. Navcommsta Argentia. I was a very young single guy who lived in the enlisted barracks and stood communications watches with brutal hours. Thank goodness for the Windjammer EM club. Dances and bands on weekends with lots of girls. Movies on a small screen in the EM club during the week. Occasional trips to St. Johns over 90 miles, half of which was dirt roads. Not the greatest duty for a single guy who was too young to think about getting hooked up. Married guys loved it for the families staying together. Can't say I blame them. Slowest 18 months of my life.

Sad it's in such a state as I thought it would have been restored to a degree and made into a floating museum or mounted on something on land to better preserve it. :( I wonder if it's a protected site. I can see myself in an alternate universe where I'm rich and I attempt to raise it from the bottom to put it back together and restore it on land to do the above and donate it to the province. XD

I knew I recognized you guys from somewhere. I’m the guy who you came to the wrong house a couple days ago in Spaniards Bay.

What’s a amazing home

How big is your zoom lense? What brand of camera?

So beautiful place. Dreamy house not only for vacation;)

beautiful and very inspiring. thanks for sharing.

Stationed there from 1991-1994. The bunker is a hospital bunker. We did some training in that bunker for the security team.

Stationed in Arg from ‘91-‘93 at the NAVFAC there. Used to feed the foxes out there, and lets just say that with some of the bunker parties its best we had no cell phones. No evidence. Great duty station!

[Edited slightly to correct errors and for readability.] My dad enlisted in the US Marine Corps in the summer of 1942. After doing a stint at Quantico, VA, he was sent, via troopship, to Argentia, at that time, of course, in the Dominion of Newfoundland. They weren't told where they were going, so as to help maintain operational security. As the ships went out to sea, they entered the Gulf Stream, and the air became comfortably warm. Then, as they left the Gulf Stream, as they neared Newfoundland, it became much cooler. As the ships approached the pier, they were able to read the sign on the building, saying "Argentia". But they misread the sign. "Argentina???". Then they thought about the weather en route, and remembered that the weather had gotten significantly warmer, before getting cooler, again. "That must have been when we crossed the equator", they murmured among themselves. Finally a fresh set of eyes looked at the sign, after hearing the others talk about it. "That sign says, "Argentia", not "Argentina!", he exclaimed. My dad was stationed there until just after the war, when he was sent back to the States, also via troop ship, and then returned to Maine (where I'm originally from). Being a Marine, he did security. One night, a US destroyer entered the harbor, having the anti-submarine nets opened for them, allowing them to enter. But Sonar had detected a German submarine tailing them through the nets. The ship had radioed ahead about the submarine tailing them. So, once they had the submarine trapped inside the harbor, the destroyer depth charged the German sub, and sunk her. There were at least, some, survivors, and Dad helped, escorting them to the Navy brig. My Dad was dating my Mom, at the time, my Mom living in Placentia, and they were supposed to have a date, that night. But he had to stand her up. Duty called. My Mom was originally from Petite Forte, across Placentia Bay on the Burin Peninsula, where her dad crewed a fishing schooner. But, after the war started, and the US Navy started building the base in Argentia, he gave that up and the family moved to Placentia, and her dad worked as a carpenter, helping to build the base. My parents eloped, after the war, my Dad giving my Mom a USD $100 bill, which was a lot of money in 1945, and she made her own way to the States, and they got married on the 4th of July, Independence Day (1946), in the States. After my Dad retired in 1973, we all moved to Placentia, staying initially with my Mom's youngest brother, who had inherited their mother’s house in Placentia. Since my mother never did become a US Citizen, her citizenship became Canadian when Newfoundland joined the confederation, so she was able to sponsor us into Canada. While waiting for Dad to find work, we next moved, first to Dunville, then to Freshwater, and finally to Marystown, after he found work at the fish plant that existed, at the time. I came back to the States, initially just intending to stay just for Christmas, 1980, after having moved to Moncton, NB, by then. But, having been laid off, and the job market being poor, at the time, I decided that my best option was to stay in the US and join the US military, so I joined the Navy for 6 years, and after living in different places, following work, I eventually settled down in the Houston, TX area, where I live now. Since the Harper government conferred the status of Canadian citizenship onto the children of Canadian citizens, born abroad, I now have dual citizenship, US & Canadian.

So disappointed that you never actually said anything about the base, other than that it's now abandoned. When did that happen?

As much as I want to believe this was a Pirates grave, I'm pretty sure it isn't. Why don't they dig it up and study the remains and while they're at it, repair the grave. As for the condition of the headstone, it's just a different type of stone compared to the others, the well weathered ones look like Limestone while the dark one looks like slate or shale of some kind.

My uncle died on the USS Truxtun DD229 that day.

Thank you!!!

Love the photography and videos. My wife and I will be there soon. Visited Western Newfoundland 12 years ago and loved it. We visited Iceland and the Faroe Islands two years ago and hoping this will be as epic a visit as they were and we get our first attempt at photographing Puffins!

amazing. so beautiful and breathtaking views.

What a beautiful couple you two are. I love your channel. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication making these amazing films. One day, Newfoundland will be my home, too! These videos really help!

What a great channel. RUclips's algorithm has directed me to you twice! Liked and subscribed. Thanks you for this video.

Will be moving there soon. Been in the works for a while. This is an affirmation.

Beautiful

Beautiful Signal Hill, beautiful St. John's., my beautiful 2nd home.

When I was a little girl my.dad was stationed at Argentia.

Served 2 tours in Arg. Best time of my life!

SHAME THEY DON'T SHOW ON THE LITTER ON THE TOWN STREETS AND SHORE FRONT BEACHES... IT SO TAKES AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY

I was stationed there from 1966 thru 1968, served in the crash crew, it was awesome and very beautiful.

Still in remarkable condition considering its been there 70 plus years, they certainly made them to last. RIP to the poor crew that died.

My hometown and my favourite place to be visiting, the John Cable Stack! Thank you for the beautiful video.

Fantastic place. We visited Newfoundland in the summer of 2022. Its a great place. Thank you for sharing your videos.

Awesome video of our community. !

Sounds a bit hard to me

Skull and bones are very common on all graves pf the time period

So I lived here from like 1991 to 1993. I went to A.L. Bristol School for Pre-K and first grade. My teacher was a lady named Ms Nishihara. My best friend was a girl named Ashley Lucky and Rebecca Paul. I got to meet Alex Trebec. I used to get bullied by a kid named Jacob Sharp until one day..well the bullying abruptly stopped. Let’s say that. I saw many moose, and whales because my parents housing sat on a type of hill. My mom broke her nose, or was it her knee?Or both?? Whatever it was, it was playing softball on this base. Crazy how I can remember all this when I was still learning how to even function as a boy. This video does no justice to show how beautiful it is when it’s full of snow and you can see the icebergs. Mann. Some places have an ever lasting memory in your life, this is one place that has so so many memories…now wiped away in reality. Unfortunately my mother’s group was one of the last groups to get sent up there because the base was getting shut down. This video is very bittersweet for me. I showed it to my mom and she almost cried. EVERYTHING IS GONE!

Fantastic ........ thank you

Very impressive. 🎉😮

Such a great video! I love it! So nice to see winter content of this beautiful spot!

The tourisim Gurus were just BORN *ahem* to go there... nvm...

who came up with the town name and who was the other person who second the idea thinking that it would be a great town mane?lol...seriously though, that town has some beautiful scenic views.