Wooden Wall

Unlike Ireland most of the houses in Newfoundland are wooden. That is despite having a similar summer to Ireland and a severe winter with more snow than almost anywhere else in Canada. The houses seem to last as well as any house here, so long as someone maintains them. Every few years they change the cladding on the outside of the houses. In some cases such as downtown St Johns people paint new cladding in bright colours, while old cladding takes on a lovely weathered textured look.