Under The Gun
Fort Amherst is located at the entrance of St. John’s Harbor opposite Signal Hill across the Narrows’. The Fort was built in the 1770’s to defend the entrance of the Narrows’. Gun placements were used at The Fort during WWII to protect the harbor from German U-boats. In 1813 a lighthouse was built at Fort Amherst and was to be the first permanent lighthouse established in Newfoundland. It operated until 1835 but was then replaced by a new structure in 1852, which was demolished in the early 1950’s to make way for the new lighthouse which is seen today.
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Kim Cinnamon
Awesome shot. Love the history write up.
Rosalie Dale IPA
This is such an effective perspective and composition – excellent find Kevin.
Heather Rivet...
outstanding
Nikki Mulkern
Fantastic shot, the composition is excellent, love the perspective too, well done
Stacy Rodriguez
Great find. Nice shot love the old rusted look and feel. ;)
joak
well done great story and shot
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
Brilliant composition and shot Kevin!! Wow…. so cool!!! :-)) Dramatic image!!
Stephen Rowsell
kev, this is fantastic, I love the perspective.
Marvin Collins
Beautiful shot, great comp and colors, very well done!!!
HenkStolk
like the composition of this version, tells a great story
frogster
Great image
bill oneil
great shot-well done
ADuDeWiDaCaMeRa
great shot very interesting pic
Kabranty
This shot is just phenomenal.
What a great place.
Dayonda
This is a great shot is excellent, well-deserves being honored as a Featured Photo.
Jadephotos
Excellent shot and wonderful history! I am surprised that this is not maintained as an historical artifact or monument … Better get Danny cracking on the restoration. Think of potential tourist revenue….
PFrogg
Congrats on the top 10 finish Kevin
Simon Duckworth
lovely shot and feel to it… would like to visit… sigh… and congrats on the top 10
Larry Trupp
Great capture John, loved the assoc, info, as it was a pleasure to read, thats excellent Canadian History my friend.
joyousmoon
Nicely done, great image…Congratulations on your feature!
Woodyk2
Simply brilliant!...lovely treatment.
Larry Trupp
rightasrain
Wow this is an amazing photo. Excellent!
rolskinner
Very nice shot, great write up. A lot of history I didn’t know.
Mike Oxley
Very nice indeed. Most informative write up, too.
Scott d'Almeida
great work,