Category: A Day in the Life

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Abandoned NL: Glovertown Mill

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Terra Nova Sulphite Co. Mill in Glovertown, NL.

For a solo trip across the province to attend a friend’s wedding, I opted to see if I could find a short detour along the way to an abandoned settlement for a potential photo opportunity. For a while now, the posts of Atlas Obscura, Narcity, Hidden Newfoundland and April Jay Photography have piqued my interest in seeking out some of these destinations. Ghost towns have always been a curiosity to me, but I’ve never pursued them despite quite a number of them existing in my own province.

Silent Silo

I managed to spend about 45 mins or so wandering the site, which was easy enough to find thanks to the wonderful article on Hidden Newfoundland.

Glovertown Mill

You would expect something that’s been abandoned for so long to be a pile of rubble, but in fact it’s quite a sound structure. The bones still stand, their surfaces renewed over the years with fresh graffiti.

Penis Applied to Archie

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A quiet, contemplative place.

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Discovery Day at Terra Nova (Featuring oTENTik)

Moonlit oTENTik II

During the Discovery Day weekend we went camping. Not only was it my first time in Terra Nova National Park, it was my first time using an oTENTik which is apparently the most ballin’ tent around. Full on bunkbeds and living space complete with solar-powered lights, wood stove and BBQ! To top it off, nearby was the nicest comfort station I’ve ever seen. Pure. Luxury.

Boarding the Spacecraft

By the end of the summer they should have these bad boys ready for the park as well. They look like something out of a Myst game or a Retrofuturism blog. Meant to mainly be a compact sleep space with the ability to view the stars from the skylights.

Malady Head Trail Panorama

All in all it was a great trip, despite an afternoon of rain. There was lot of BBQing and eating, a small hike, card games and just general laziness as we listened to a massive 24hr Spotify playlist called Growing up 90s: Canadian Rock Radio.

Highway listening for the drive over and back consisted of RuPaul: What’s The Tee?, Bill’s Monday Morning Podcast and WTF with Marc Maron.