Cape Spear is the eastern most point in Canada (and outside of Greenland and the western part of Iceland) the most western point in North America, so Newfoundland played a significant role as a transport point for men and equipment bound for Europe.
The harbour at St John's Newfoundland was a point where convoys to cross the North Atlantic were assembled, so a couple of camouflaged gun emplacements at Cape Spear, which is just south of St John's were set up as part of the defense of the harbour. This is one of the two large guns that were installed here.
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24th September 2016, 04:59 PM #2
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Re: Cape Spear - WW II guns
Nice geometric chacteristics!
Did you mean that it's the most eastern point in North America?
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Re: Cape Spear - WW II guns
Oops - thanks for catching that Mike. Heading west is dry land, heading east drops one into the frigid North Atlantic. Originally Posted by Mike Buckley
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