A bit about Water Street in downtown St. John’s Newfoundland

This page is a bit about Water Street in downtown St. John Newfoundland. If you have just arrived on this page and didn’t see the first page in the article our visit to St. John’s NL and all about Harbor Drive, it’s here.

So, we carry on up the hill from St. John’s harbor and Harbor Drive.

Water Street

The red number 2 on the map shows the location of Water Street.

Tourist friendly streets in downtown St John's — Tourist friendly streets in downtown St. John’s. The red numbers are some of the most favourite streets that folks visit in St. John’s.

At the east end of Water Street there is a memorial garden dedicated to a certain Canadian some folks will recognize.

Terry Fox monument in St Johns near where he dipped his foot into the harbor to begin his epic cross country run.

I’m a crotchety old guy, but when I wandered the garden and looked at the pictures and statues of that marvellous young man, I felt unexpectedly proud and sad. It’s a moving memorial.

This Terry Fox memorial is located at the east end of Water Street where it meets Temperance St. on the south side of Water.

Heading west on Water Street in St. John’s brings visitors to a good view of The Narrows out from St. John’s harbor, and during the week much activity can be observed in the shipyards on the south side of the street.

This video won’t appeal to all. I enjoyed watching a bit as they loaded pipe from the trucks and into the ships hold which will shortly be heading out to the Grand Banks oil rigs. This was fairly early in the a.m. and the fog bank off the Atlantic hadn’t yet cleared out of the harbor, though it did shortly thereafter. Note the trucks of pipe lined up waiting for their turn to roll up to the ship for offloading.

A visitor will need to walk several blocks heading west on Water Street until they move past most of the working part of the port. In this stretch the north side of the street was commercial and condos mostly and government buildings. When the war memorial on the left side of Water Street is reached, there’s much more for the visitor to see and do.

View from St Johns war memorial grounds overlooking Water Street and the harbor — This is the view from St Johns war memorial grounds overlooking Water Street and the harbor. You can see the working ship on the left and it is blocking the view of The Narrows.

In the photo above it a south-easterly view of the harbor on a beautiful July afternoon. The Promendade is across Harbor Drive behind the parked vehicles seen in the photo. Just beyond the promenade is Harborside Park, a beautiful spot to get close to the harbor, to sit on the benches provided and relax, and take in the statues and stories of their beloved newfoundland breed of dogs.

Just one of the statues of the newfoundlad dog breed - parent breed to the labrador see behind the newf — Just one of the statues of the newfoundland dog breed – parent breed to the labrador see behind the newf.

Looking southeast towards The Narrows from St Johns harbor out into the Atlantic Ocean — View from the bottom of Harborside Park, looking southeast towards The Narrows from St Johns harbor out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Carrying on, this link takes you to a page that provides a bit about Duckworth Street and George Street in downtown St. John’s.

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