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For us the thrill was just enjoying the in the rain greeting and offering umbrel- and lumber mills, but now is a major
easy drive though some of the most la totting cruisers, free souvenirs, while regional retail, medical and educational
beautiful scenery on the planet. We’ll a duo played happy local ditties from a hub on the Island.
come back someday, and then we’ll stay makeshift stage.
a couple of weeks. The community offers free school bus-
This friendly leaf peeper port located es for rides to the most scenic areas of
Corner Brook 22 miles from the Gulf of St. Lawrence town including the monument and stat-
on the west coast of Newfoundland, ue of Captain Cook, which is perched on
If PEI has a wealth of natural beauty has its own share of beauty; surround- the city’s highest mountain. The buses
charm, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, ed by a wooded wilderness and rugged drop off in the town center that offers
can rightfully boast that is one of the coastline. It was charted and named by free WIFI at most retail shops, restau-
most welcoming ports on the planet. In Captain James Cook in 1767. The city of rants and City Hall. The Newfoundland
the pouring rain, passengers we’re wel- 20,000 has had it’s share of economic Emporium is a fun visit for all kinds of
comed by volunteers as they walked off ups and downs. eclectic nautical oddities and souvenirs.
the gangway. Even two of the town’s gi-
ant Newfoundland dog’s waited happily Corner Brook was once a hub of fishing The local museum dedicated to local his-
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