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A dramatic Atlantic shoreline, fringed in long headlands and fjords with views of whales and icebergs, gives way to marshland, tranquil ponds and wildlife-filled boreal forest – Terra Nova is accessible, wild Newfoundland for outdoor enthusiasts and nature-lovers of every age.
Castle Hill National Historic Site is easily accessed be vehicle, located a one-hour drive from St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, or a five-minute drive from the Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal at Argentia. Plan to spend two to three hours on site.
Enter Castle Hill National Historic Site, a stone fort standing sentinel over a picturesque seaside town and explore a chapter of history that determined the fate of a continent. Step back to a time when the fate of North America hung in the balance.
First fortified in 1693, the grounds of Castle Hill are today home to ruins of Fort Royal’s earthworks, stone walls and artillery batteries as well as six smoothbore cannons. Thousands of authentic artefacts have been unearthed onsite—cannon balls, fishhooks, tools, ceramics and more.
Castle Hill is an area containing the remains of both French and British fortifications, overlooking the town of Placentia ( French: Plaisance) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The site was originally established in order to protect the French fishing interests in Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland) and the approaches to the French colony of Canada .
Castle Hill. A remnant of the colonial history of Newfoundland and Labrador. After a century of fishing by migratory Basque, Spanish, Portuguese, and French ships, the French founded a colony at Plaisance (now called Placentia) in 1662.
Castle Hill National Historic Site consists of the remains of French and British fortifications and outworks from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries that sit on the tip of a peninsula, high above Placentia Newfoundland, on the east side of Placentia Bay.
