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"This book is not just for come-from-away tourists, but is also a way for Newfoundlanders to rediscover their own province." —Evening Telegram (St. John's)
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THE ULTIMATE INSIDER GUIDE Whether it's embracing the sun’s rise at Cape Spear (North America’s most eastern point), eyeballing thousands of Gannets at Bird Rock, exploring historic fishing villages, island hopping in Notre Dame Bay, rafting the Exploits River, touring the Labrador Coast, or just enjoying the friendliness and leisurely pace for which Canada’s youngest province (and Britain’s oldest colony) is so famous, this book contains the MUST list every Newfoundlander, Labradorian, and visitor MUST have. From the stunning peaks and valleys of UNESCO World Heritage Site Gros Morne, to St. John’s famous George Street, the Irish Loop and filming locations for The Shipping News and Random Passage, this is the MUST list every Newfoundlander and Labradorian MUST have. From iconic lighthouses, magnificent churches, and quirky museums to homegrown music, theatre and food, it’s all here. Even better, it’s surrounded by magnificent seascapes, spectacular rocky cliffs and more pristine sandy beaches than you'd ever believed possible. We've gathered personalities from around the province to weigh in with their own MUST lists. Singer/songwriters Ron Hynes, Bud Davidge, and Harry Martin, comedian/writer Greg Malone, artist/musician/poet Boyd Chubbs, food-writer/television host Karl Wells, writers Joan Scott and Lisa Rae, artists Heather Igloliorte and Tina Dolter, horticulturalist Ross Traverse, CBC producer Terry LeDrew, dentist/innkeeper/comedian Marina Sexton and entrepreneurs Charlie Oliver, Kay King, and David Crosbie all share their insights about special places in the province, offering personal lists of must-sees and must-dos. This is the ultimate insider MUST list. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador, you simply MUST have the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts.
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Real maps please!, Mar 11 2011
By T. Chaplin - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts: The 101 Places Every NLer MUST See (Paperback)
This book measures 4.5 inches wide by 8.5 inches tall and just a hair over 5/16 inches thick. The only use of color is on the cover. Inside photos are too often dark and unappealing. There are 148 pages, the last of which is a advertisement for other books from the publisher.Maps are a major fault here. With the "Musts" arranged into 7 areas, St. John's, The Avalon Peninsula, Eastern Region, Central Region, Western Region, Great Northern Peninsula, Labrador, nowhere is a unified map of Newfoundland to be found. Rather, the province is broken up into 7 tiny maps measuring 3 by 3 inches or less, generally less, and being more or less illegible without the aid of a magnifying glass (not provided).
If you want to know where those 101 musts are, you'll need a legible map. If you aren't sure how those areas fit together, you'll need a map. If you like a challenge, buy this book and use it as a leaping off point. Get out your trusty magnifying glass. As you read through the text and discover some musts that appeal to your sensibilities, transfer them onto a real map. If in the end you find yourself highly annoyed, just be thankful if you're itinerary this time around does not include the Great Northern Peninsula. That's because with it you don't get even a pretend map, just a darkened profile or something like the peninsula viewed from space at night after all the lights are out, absolutely no details.
The author does generally provide links to websites associated with her "Musts" or failing that, adequate directions. So if you do plan to visit the Northern Peninsula, you should be able to piece things together.
As for the text, entries are generally short, yet fairly detailed, ranging from paragraph length to a couple of pages. Most everyone should find something of interest here. The author freely admits to having compiled as much as she wrote, relying "heavily on official publications and Web sites." The author also calls upon friends, other Newfoundlanders, to add their own personal takes on must see sites. These and the author's own personal stories provide color and interest and are the books strength. It is a book full of many possible destinations, an aid to the would be explorer.
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