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Dive Outside the Chocolate Box This Valentine’s Day
2/9/2010 9:26:08 AM
Source: Ed Kirby, Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism
It's almost question-popping time – you know, Valentine's Day – but going down on one knee is a little…boring, right? Predictable, safe, and just not your style. Life is a big adventure, and the two of you are adventurous. So, let's go deep, 89 f...
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Stone wall defended Canada's oldest British settlement
2/8/2010 9:58:23 AM
Source: Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
Archeologists in Cupids, Nfld., have unearthed the remains of a stone wall that may have housed cannons to defend Canada's first English settlement, established on the shore of Conception Bay in 1610. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited the site ea...
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The Hummock from Frenchman's Cove: IATNL News
12/22/2009 3:07:22 PM
Source: Paul Wylezol
Chairperson, International Appalachian Trail and
President, IAT
 
On a sunny October afternoon I managed to find the time to make a short trail blazing trek to the top of the Hummock, located 2kms southwest of Frenchman's Cove in the beautiful Bay Of Islands.  This 1,000f...
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The New Zip Line near Corner Brook, Newfoundland
12/11/2009 3:21:12 PM
Source: Lori Henry
LoriHenry.com
Steady Brook Falls, just outside of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, takes a lovely, short hike to get to, and is also the local swimming hole: you can jump from a rock into a swirling pool just before it cascades from the gorge. The currents somehow pull you back so you don't f...
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Foal Brings Back Memories of Newfoundland Ponies

12/11/2009 2:41:46 PM
Source: Katherine Hudson
Western Star

Loretta Kelly received a rare gift in late August when one of her Newfoundland ponies gave birth to a foal. Kelly always had a pony while she was growing up in Howley, but received her first Newfoundland pony, Queenie, about 20 years ago.
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The poni...
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St. John's can now be toured through Google Street View
12/11/2009 2:18:23 PM
Source: The Canadian Press—Toronto
As reported by the Telegram
Another nine Canadian cities have been added to the list of those offering virtual tours through Google Street View.
Victoria, Nanaimo, B.C., Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Ont., London, Ont., Sherbrooke, Que., and St. John's, N.L....
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Another Resettled Community
12/10/2009 5:07:18 PM
Source: My Newfoundland Kayaking Experience (blog) 
Today Stan and I put-in at Tors Cove and paddled south along the Southern Shore of the Avalon Peninsula to the site of the resettled community of LaManche. Its the site of a provincial park now but in its heyday 54 souls called it home. Its only the size ...
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Kayaking in Newfoundland, Canada
12/10/2009 5:06:56 PM
Source:  Natalie Lucier's Travel Blog
I've had some great experiences kayaking in Newfoundland.  I snapped this shot while out in a double kayak with Bob from Gros Morne Adventures.  We went out paddling with a group and my job was to take photos.  It was a calm and sunny day on Bonne Bay.  ...
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Out East, You're Destined to Smile
12/10/2009 5:06:15 PM
Source: Cleo Paskal
TheStar.com
Newfoundland makes me happy. Oh, I like Labrador too. But it's different.
Have you ever seen labradorite? It's a mineral from, yes, Labrador. They make it into gemstones and tiles. The tiles are a marble-like flinty grey, flecked with iridescent blues and greens. It looks...
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Newfoundland Adventures
12/10/2009 5:05:37 PM
Natalie Lucier
Natalie Lucier's Travel Blog
My friend Zack came to visit Newfoundland for his first time ever. We decided to make it a fun trip! We organized a road trip to St. Johns and everything else fell into place. We had a couch surfing party, went hiking Signal Hill, sight seeing at Cape Spear, live musi...
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