Planning a Newfoundland trip.
I'm starting to plan a trip to Newfoundland for May/June of 2018. I'm looking for information on campgrounds, scenery and tourist attractions. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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I lived in Newfoundland for 24.5 years and left in mid 2008.
There is boondocking year round in places off the road.
There are some year round cgs, including some in Federal Parks.
You can access each and every province via Canadian google, i.e. https://www.google.ca/ Enter as search term: 'name of province tourism'. All have visitors guides. & given my cross country trip in 2015 all have provincial maps, which give you more information than the commercial gas station ones.
So, you are passing through or by the following provinces to get to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and maybe Quebec if you take in Labrador.
Weather via Environment CanadaTo find out if is a good or a bad year keep watch via google on the word, 'ice'. Gulf of St. Lawrence and Strait of Belle Isle are useful areas to check. As is the Marine Atlantic Ferry. Check that periodically over the winter http://www.marineatlantic.ca/en/ Once a week would be lots more reliable than once a month. You're looking to find out if the ferry runs are cancelled much over the winter. This can be a very good indication of slow melt and lots of ice.
In my time the bad weather comes down from Iceland rather than central Canada (& dominant wind pattern is from west to east), thus, weather from the opposite way is opposite the norm.
Iceberg Finder http://www.icebergfinder.com/ opens in late April or early May.
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There is boondocking year round in places off the road.
There are some year round cgs, including some in Federal Parks.
You can access each and every province via Canadian google, i.e. https://www.google.ca/ Enter as search term: 'name of province tourism'. All have visitors guides. & given my cross country trip in 2015 all have provincial maps, which give you more information than the commercial gas station ones.
So, you are passing through or by the following provinces to get to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and maybe Quebec if you take in Labrador.
Weather via Environment CanadaTo find out if is a good or a bad year keep watch via google on the word, 'ice'. Gulf of St. Lawrence and Strait of Belle Isle are useful areas to check. As is the Marine Atlantic Ferry. Check that periodically over the winter http://www.marineatlantic.ca/en/ Once a week would be lots more reliable than once a month. You're looking to find out if the ferry runs are cancelled much over the winter. This can be a very good indication of slow melt and lots of ice.
In my time the bad weather comes down from Iceland rather than central Canada (& dominant wind pattern is from west to east), thus, weather from the opposite way is opposite the norm.
Iceberg Finder http://www.icebergfinder.com/ opens in late April or early May.
:B
