Just a quick note to show you a few photos Gladys and I took while on a trip to Bell Island recently. For those of you who don't know Bell Island is a small island in Conception Bay which is near St. John's. You have to take a 20 minute ferry ride to get there and it is a small island about 9 km by 3 km. It is a small town of about 2 or 3,000 people and was known for its iron mines which closed in the late 1960's. You can take a trip around the island as well as a tour on one of the iron mines which is pretty fascinating. The tour will take you down 650 feet underground at an angle of about 10 degrees. The tour guide will tell you how they extracted the iron ore from the ground as well as give you an indepth look at how a miner worked in the 1940's. Iron ore was a treasured commodity during the World War II and Bell Island was at the forefront of iron mining. I'm sure it is a little different than Red Lake Janice.
As well we spent the night at a little hotel called Atlantica in Portugal Cove overlooking Bell Island and went to dinner at their restaurant. Here are a few photos of our trip.
Cheers,
Barry
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