The Things That Wash Up Here: Newfoundland’s Haunted History With Artillery Shells

War Relics That Still Breathe

Last week, a local lobster fisherman pulled something out of the shallow water near Bell Island. Not a trap. Not a tire. But a World War II artillery shell, corroded, but intact. He thought it was junk. It wasn’t.

He handed it to the RNC, who called in the military. And just days ago, on June 17, 2025, the Canadian Armed Forc…