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Newfoundland & Labrador
Includes Why Go? St John’s...... 462 With rocky crags, drifting icebergs and puffins flapping by, Avalon Peninsula...... 473 Canada’s easternmost province – and historically its most Bonavista...... 482 rebellious – floats in a stunning world of its own. The is- Burin Peninsula...... 483 land that has long moved to its own beat maintains its own time zone (a half-hour ahead of the mainland) and lilting St-Pierre & old-world dialect (the Dictionary of Newfoundland English Miquelon...... 484 provides translation). Gros Morne St John’s, with its buoyant music, modern dining scene National Park...... 492 and steep, foggy streets, abounds with entertainment. Out- Corner Brook...... 499 side of the good-time capital, wee fishing villages freckle the Killick Coast...... 505 coast and isolated outer isles. Here the natural world is your Labrador...... 506 oyster. Set off for woodland hikes, berry picking and sea kay- aking with glittering views. Don’t miss the Viking vestiges, plates of cod tongue and partridgeberry pie, or the rum- Best Places to soaked tales that color this remote hunk of northern rock. Eat ¨¨Merchant Tavern (p470) ¨¨Bonavista Social Club (p483) When to Go ¨¨Chafe’s Landing (p475) St John’s ¨¨Norseman Restaurant °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm (p497) 30/86 8/200 ¨ 20/68 ¨Adelaide Oyster House 6/150 (p469) 10/50 0-32 4/100
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