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I still have a bunch of these photos to go through.

Petty Harbour is a community just outside St. John’s. It’s pretty much a suburb now that it borders the ever-expanding St. John’s.

To most CFA’s who haven’t ever been to Newfoundland, Petty Harbour is the quintessential Newfoundland.

There’s a good reason for that. Whenever a “Newfoundland” story hits the national news, CBC (and CTV and Global) reporters drive south from St. John’s for a few minutes. They set up their cameras with Petty Harbour in the background, and proceed to ask a fisherman for his reaction to the issue of the day.

Seriously, 9 times out of 10, national news coverage of Newfoundland has Petty Harbour as a backdrop. Not bad for a community of less than a thousand people. For a long time, the person on the other side of the camera was Tom Best. If you do a Google search for “Tom Best” and “Petty Harbour” you’ll get an idea how one community could so form Canada’s view of Newfoundland.

Petty Harbour is one the scenic routes to Cape Spear, so we stopped and snapped a few photos.

Cape Spear is the most easterly point in Canada. Newfoundlanders always call it “the most easterly point in North America” but they don’t seem to know that Greenland is usually considered part of North America.

It’s one of those “facts” that Newfoundlanders are fed from birth, and there’s no use in trying to dispute it with facts. Other Newfoundland “facts” are “John Cabot found Newfoundland” and “St. John’s is the oldest City in North America.” Both of those are false too, but don’t mention that to Newfoundlanders.

The HMCS Edmonton, HMCS Yellowknife, and HMCS Saskatoon recently visited Prince Rupert. All three ships lowered their flags at sunset, at the same time:

A sailor on the HMCS Edmonton lowers the flag:

Here’s a neat optical illusion that tricks you into thinking you’re seeing a colour photo, when it’s really a black and white one.

And since the World Cup is on, it’s a photo of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Click the photo to try the optical illusion: