Quidi Vidi Village. (2019)

"Hiscock says there are stories from Italian and Portuguese that claim Quidi Vidi got its name for meaning 'what a beautiful sight' or 'here is the divide for the land.' (Ted DIllon/CBC)" - C.B.C. 

 

The day after we visited Signal Hill during our family vacation to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. We went to Quidi Vidi Village, which we have visite a few times before. It was a cloudy day.

 

"Quidi Vidi (most commonly pronounced “kiddy vidi”) is a neighborhood in St. John’s, Newfoundland with a rich and vibrant history. A visit to Newfoundland wouldn’t be complete without paying a visit!" - Newfoundland Hotels.

   

Fishing stages or sheds.

"The area gets its name both from Quidi Vidi lake (where the Royal St. John’s Regatta is held each year) and the Quidi Vidi Harbour. As a fishing village historically, it has kept much of the look and feel to this day, with many fishermen and boaters active." Newfoundland Hotels.

   

  "You’ll find beautiful scenery, hiking trails, and a number of places to visit such as the Quidi Vidi Brewery."- Newfoundland Hotels.

 

The following description of Quidi Vidi Village appears in the 1941 edition of the Newfoundland 

Hand Book, Gazetteer and Alamanac, edited by JR Smallwood. “Quidi Vidi. Pop. 599. An ancient and picturesque fishing settlement a mile or so outside the eastern limit of St. John’s, lying between Quidi Vidi Lake and Quidi Vidi Gut. First settled probably in the early 16th century. Here in the 1650s and later lived the Newfoundland patriot John Downing, the planter who in 1675 went as the people’s delegate to England to procure the rescinding of the Royal Proclamation ordering all settlers to remove from the country. In 1705 it had 20 houses and families. A battle was fought near here in 1762, when the British troops landed at Torbay and marched overland to recapture St. John’s from the French. The French had held the capital for several weeks that summer, and in anticipation of a probable attempt by the British to land their forces at Quidi Vidi Gut (or entrance to the sea) the French barred it by sinking rock-filled shallop boats in it. Nearby the settlement on the lower north side of the lak- e the U.S. Government is at present constructing an important military base. “ .- The Quidi Vidi Village Plantation

Painted garbage can.

Relaxing near the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation with the Quidi Vidi Brewery behind me. 

The Quidi Vidi Village Plantation  is on the right.

St. John’s,Cape Spear Lighthouse and more coming soon.

Traffic and parking is a problem, but there was parking on the northern side.

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Wildlife in our garden 2.

These are some more photos of the wildlife found in our garden.

Woodpecker.

Northern Flicker Woodpecker.

Black Squirrel. 

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Tree Squirrels.

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Black squirrel gathering nest material.

Red-Winged Blackbird.

Downy Woodpecker.

"Downy Woodpeckers are small versions of the classic woodpecker body plan. They have a straight, chisel-like bill, blocky head, wide shoulders, and straight-backed posture as they lean away from tree limbs and onto their tail feathers. The bill tends to look smaller for the bird’s size than in other woodpeckers."- All about birds.

Woodpeckers.

The plastic owl is supposed to keep the birds off the deck.

Mallard.

Duck hen.

Every-birdie welcome.

How many birds do you count?

Hare in summer, they are white in winter.

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On a bench on our deck.

Birds trying to Build a nest on our deck.

Feeding babies.

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Canada day

Canada day was a beautiful record 25ºC. plus humidity day, I wore red shorts and a white shirt, many people wore red and white, some, especially children had their faces painted with flags, houses displayed large Canadian flags, more than usual, even cars had little flags. We drove around Conception Bay: St. Philips, Manuel’s Topsail etc. The views were fantastic and we took many photos. At Manuel’s river many people were swimming in the rock pools, which we still want to explore, as there is a hike along the river and Trilobite fossils. We spent a few hours at Topsail beach, which is one of the nicest beaches here, but fortunately not crowded. I tanned while my Other Half taught “there-and back” to retrieve a ball from the sea. She now loves swimming in the sea and won’t stop. All the beaches here have very small waves and have cobblestones. After spending the morning and afternoon beach crawling and picking up a tan, we headed Downtown.

We strolled along the streets, which were filled with tourists, teenagers with strange clothes and hairstyles, musicians etc. Even though there are pubs throughout St John’s, it has the most pubs per capita, George St. is filled with one pub after another, about 30 in all. Parts of it were closed off, for one big party. Some of the streets used to be cobbled years ago, but were unfortunately paved over. In Water St. where most of the souvenir shops are, there are large black harbor moorings. The next street down is Harbor St. where one walks past the ships. Other streets in this area are New Gower, Queen, Victoria, Duckworth etc. We had a lovely Ice cream for .75c, which is very reasonable at Lar’s Groceries. Some typical St. John’s souvenirs are: Small, colorful Wooden Clapboard houses, small colorful fishing boats, lighthouses, small fishermen statues, wearing yellow oils skins and hat and pictures of the same. It is refreshing after Calgary, that we can park in some parking areas for free after hours. Parking meters are closer to the buildings than we are used to, I suppose it is because of snow, which piles up in winter. Here you will also notice a high pole next to fire hydrants, to mark where the hydrants are in winter. Even with so many tourists, it is relaxing, as cars will stop for you when you cross the road.

Quidi Vidi Village
We drove through Q. V. Village and Q. V. Battery to Q.V Lake for a fire works show. “Quidi Vidi Village, a 17th century fishing village, lies within city limits at the base of Signal Hill. The village's small chapel, Christ Church, was built in 1842.”There is a lovely trail around the lake, which is part of the Grand Concourse. There were ducks swimming, boy were they in for a surprise. Around the lake filled up with thousands of people, with flags, flashlights, sparklers, Laser pointers, Red and white hats of all sizes, tall ones like “Cat in the hat”, sneakers with glowing laces, Alice-bands with lights attached etc. The fireworks started promptly at 10 p.m., it was the biggest show I have ever seen. It was beautiful but not too noisy. It was interesting to hear how the fireworks echoed into the surrounding hills. We left early and were amazed to see hundreds of cars parked on the surrounding hills. This is an annual event. Another event held at Quidi Vidi Lake is a regatta.

Oh Canada!

Sunday was a lovely sunny day. We went on the canoe from Bow Ness Park, North of Calgary (where we went ice-skating in winter) through town to the Zoo. This is the first trip Mr.T. did with the Kayak. I had promised myself last year to wear a flag on Canada day, but didn’t as we were on the canoe, but I should have, people were waving and chatting to us from other canoes and the banks. From Bowness, there are some beautiful houses on the banks. We saw lots of geese, (with babies in tow) and Seagulls. Nearing the city skyline, which I have never seen from this point, with sunny skies, going past Princess Island, where there was a big party, with music and lots of friendly people, most with little flags in their hats, painted on their faces and even wearing large flags as capes.

In town there were many cyclist, roller bladers, strollers and even a few wheelchairs on the paths along the Bow. We got out at the Zoo, as there is a weir, after about 2 hours and even though we had worn lotion we had burnt.