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Captain James Cook Memorial

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Sunrise and sunset at Captain James Cook Memorial, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:10 am4:50 pm
February7:31 am5:41 pm
March7:36 am7:26 pm
April6:31 am8:12 pm
May5:40 am8:55 pm
June5:16 am9:27 pm
July5:33 am9:21 pm
August6:13 am8:39 pm
September6:57 am7:36 pm
October7:41 am6:33 pm
November7:31 am4:42 pm
December8:09 am4:25 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

On the way to…

  1. YDF → Corner Brook →

    The mapped historic monument and lookout above the city, with the Captain James Cook Lookout Path threading the headland around it. Cook charted this bay before he charted the Pacific. A short climb through the streets gets you the view down the Humber Arm.

    Stopping here adds about 4.5 km to that drive (57 km start to finish).

  2. Port aux Basques → Corner Brook →

    Stopping here adds about 4.5 km to that drive (222 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

Mapped as attraction in OpenStreetMap.

While you're stopped here: Pepsi Centre (2.3 km away) · Blow Me Down Cross Country Ski Park (4.1 km away) · Gorge Viewpoint (4.7 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2021-10-20). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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Captain James Cook Memorial on the YDF → Corner Brook drive, 57 km from Deer Lake, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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