Zoomer Canada: Psst! Most Canadians Don’t Know That Western Newfoundland is a Winter Wonderland

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…Visits picturesque villages in the park – like Woody Point and Trout River – where fisihing boats are moored and lobster pots stacked. Contact Linkum Tours for accomodations or guided snowshoeing or backcountry skiing. (You may be trekking in T-shirts by late March). With luck, your guide will be Ed English, whose grandfather famously ran the SS Ethie ashore nearby in a 1919 hurricane, saving all 92 aboard. Ed’s energy is legendary and his non-stop stories gruesome yet hilarious.

Jane MacAulay