Signal Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador

Signal Hill is a hill which overlooks the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Because of its strategic placement overlooking the harbour, fortifications have been placed on the hill since the mid 1600s. The final battle of the Seven Years' War in North America was fought in 1762 at the Battle of Signal Hill, in which the French surrendered St. John's to the British under the command of Lt. Colonel William Amherst. Lt. Colonel Amherst renamed what was then known as "The Lookout" as "Signal Hill," because of the signalling that took place upon its summit from its flagmast. Flag communication between land and sea would take place there from the 1600s until 1960.
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