The Straits Mummer’s Walk started in 2010, when my friend Sabrina and I talked about how much we loved mummering and how the tradition was
Annual Straits Mummer’s Walk Celebrated 5 Years in Sandy Cove
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Fabulous Fall of 2014: September to December – Happy New Year (Part III)
I continue to scan back through a collection of thousands and thousands of photos I took throughout 2014 and realize it was a very full
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Mummer’s Walk to Celebrate Milestone – 5 Years on December 29th
The Mummer’s Walk on the Great Northern Peninsula all started when two friends shared a conversation about their love for the tradition of mummering. The
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My Christmas Tree Tells Many Stories…
I put up my Christmas tree the last weekend of November. It is certainly a different process than my childhood, as we would have a
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Christmas Card Art Submissions from the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula
160 entries from Kindergarten to Grade 6 students from The Straits-White Bay North were submitted for the annual Christmas Card contest. There is amazing artwork
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Touring Deep Cove Winter Housing Historic Site, NL
Deep Cove Winter Housing Site on the Great Northern Peninsula is a wonderful place to visit year-round. I had the opportunity to visit with a
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Rootspiration recognizes our leaders, our roots at PSLC 2014, Flower’s Cove
ROOTSPIRATION….LET YOUR ROOTS BE YOUR INSPIRATION! The Provincial Student Leadership Conference (PSLC) 2014 was held on the Great Northern Peninsula in Flower’s Cove at Canon
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A Puffin Playing by the Sea – The 12 Days of Christmas in NL
The Great Northern Peninsula continues to showcase the many talents of the people with connections to this place we call home. Gina Noordhof, has spent
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Any Mummers ‘lowed In? and 5th Annual Mummer’s Walk Announced!
Newfoundland and Labrador folklorist Dale Jarvis has produced a book documenting a tradition that is very near and dear to my heart with his launch
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L’Anse aux Meadows makes for a Unique Port of Call
Cruise the Edge of the North America and experience where the world came full circle for the very first time at L’Anse Aux Meadows, Great
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Feasting on This Fish! Main Brook is shellin’ scallops for greater returns…
The waters off the Great Northern Peninsula are filled with delicacies from the sea. There is nothing better than accessing local seafood close to home.
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The Dark Tickle Company is Homegrown Success!
The Dark Tickle Company, St. Lunaire-Griquet on the Great Northern Peninsula, NL offers homegrown wild berry products in the forms of jams, jellies, vinaigrette, syrups,
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SALT COD $5.50 lb
Advertising in Rural Newfoundland & Labrador. Who doesn’t love a good feed of salt cod? I hope to get out on the water today to
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Grenfell Handicrafts Proudly Producing for a Century!
The Grenfell Centre, St. Anthony, NL commemorates the life and legacy of the legendary Dr. Wilfred Thomason Grenfell. Since 1892, Dr. Grenfell has impacted the
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Where the World Came Full Circle: 100,000 years in the making and it happened right here!
L’Anse aux Meadows with a population of about 30 permanent residents continuously see more than 30,000 visitors annually to a Parks Canada and World UNESCO
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Got to get me Moose, b’y
Likes to go hunting, hunting the fall… Hundreds of hunters take to the moose management areas this morning in a quest for a hearty animal
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Live like a Fisher at Raleigh Historical Village
Visitors to the Great Northern Peninsula can live and work like the traditional ways of a fishing family at Raleigh Historical Village in Raleigh, off
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Planting Potatoes & Roadside Gardens
Maintaining a garden of root crops has always been practiced in my family for generations. I remember spending time there with my father and grandparents,
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Community Kitchen Party Thrives on Tradition – Green Island Cove, NL
Our rural communities will thrive with active participation of residents. We saw significant success on July 11, 2014 with the first ever promoted community kitchen
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The Fire Still Burns – Conche, NL
The fire still burns in the small town of Conche, Newfoundland on the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula East. This community has embraced its
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A Labour of Love – Old-Fashioned Motor Boat Built in Noddy Bay!
Resident Wes Eddison of Noddy Bay proudly shows me his old-fashioned motor boat, which he has made by his own design and primarily by hand.
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Kitchen Party tonight at Green Island Cove Wharf
Tonight there will be a unique experience at my hometown community, which has a population of 187 residents. Let’s hope the wharf will be fill
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Grandois to host Come Home Year in 2015
The census lists the population of Grandois (St. Julien’s, used interchangeably)Â at 50, but there are far fewer reside there today. I visited this picturesque community
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I’m from around the Bay, and I throws rocks!
Noddy Bay, NL is a beautiful community that loops around both sides of the bay, with houses scattered along the coastline. It is just minutes
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Lobster season is just around the corner
After taking a few seals in April, the first week of May had always represented a time of urgency for my father to get back
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Add Raleigh to Your Summer Trip Plan
Raleigh Historic Village is a family adventure, where you can experience cultural tourism and live like a fisherman for a day, two or a week.
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Ask Your Garden Questions to our local “Garden Lady”
Rural Newfoundlanders & Labradorians have been growing their own crops for centuries. Many tourist often stop to take photographs of our roadside gardens. My grandmother
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Mummer’s Walk A Big Hit at Green Island Cove
Nearly forty mummers braved a -16 temperature with a wind chill that reached -31 to keep the tradition of mummering alive and well with the
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A Rural Newfoundland Christmas Tree – Salt Cod Drying on the Line
I’ve always loved trimming the Christmas tree. I remember around the 20th or 21st of December going with my father to cut it. He would
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Santa’s Gingerbread House – A New Tradition at the Mitchelmore’s
Traditions become steeped in our culture and are passed on from generation to generation. Sometimes they are long standing, but sometimes they begin and will
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