Earhart visits Harbour Grace Post Office
![A black and white photograph of Amelia Earhart, in her flight suit, pictured on outside steps of Harbour Grace Post Office, a gentleman on each side, with other people in background.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/aviation-harbour-grace/wp-content/uploads/sites/170/2023/08/SHOP-1932-amelia-earhart-lockheed-vega-harbour-grace-airstrip-5.jpg)
Source: Conception Bay Museum Archives
Bernt Balchen (left), Amelia Earhart (centre), and Lewis L’Esperance (right), a Shell Oil representative, on the steps of the old Harbour Grace Post Office, 1932.
Balchen, a famed Norwegian aviator, and mechanic Ed Gorski accompanied Earhart on her trip to Harbour Grace. To avoid press attention, Balchen served as pilot from New Jersey to Harbour Grace.