Attractions

The Newfoundland War Memorial was unveiled between Duckworth Street and Water Street on July 1, 1924 - exactly eight years after the Newfoundland Regiment was decimated at Beaumont Hamel, France, during the Battle of the Somme. Situated at Queen's Beach where Sir Humphry Gilbert took possession of the island in 1583. Its bronze figures represent Liberty, the Merchant Marine, the Army, the Navy and the Forestry Corps.