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Historic site · Placentia · Newfoundland and Labrador

Detached Redoubt

Detached Redoubt is a historic site you can visit in Placentia. Add any of 5 more places within 5 km to a visit. Worth the trip, Castle Hill is 100 m off.

Where
In Placentia
inside the municipal boundary
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Historic site in Placentia

Inside Placentia

You’ll find Detached Redoubt inside Placentia’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The year in Placentia

Expect 17–19°C highs in Placentia in July and August.

Jan1° / -6°108 mm
Feb0° / -6°77 mm
Mar2° / -4°75 mm
Apr6° / 0°71 mm
May10° / 3°80 mm
Jun14° / 7°77 mm
Jul17° / 12°112 mm
Aug19° / 14°85 mm
Sep16° / 11°84 mm
Oct12° / 6°120 mm
Nov8° / 2°122 mm
Dec3° / -2°123 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Placentia, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Dunville/Argentia, 7.9 km from Placentia (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Placentia’s full climate →
About

Detached Redoubt

You’ll find it in Placentia, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

Type
Historic site
Town
in Placentia
Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.
The map

Where it sits

The places near Detached Redoubt are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Placentia’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

Towns near it

Towns that count Detached Redoubt

Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Placentia

3,374 people · 6 places to visit

Make a day of it

While you are near Detached Redoubt

5 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, a fort and a historic site among them.

1MuseumCastle Hill100 m away2Fort · Parks CanadaFort Royal100 m away3MuseumO’Reilly House1.2 km away4MuseumMuseumPlacentia Cultural Centre1.2 km away5Historic siteHistoric siteGaillarding Redoubt500 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Detached Redoubt

Where is Detached Redoubt?

Inside the municipal boundary, Detached Redoubt is in Placentia (Newfoundland and Labrador).

What is Detached Redoubt?

Historic site.

When is the best time to visit Detached Redoubt?

July and August bring Placentia its warmest afternoons, 17–19°C on ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).