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Article: ON THE MOVE: Go off the beaten path to hidden Corner of Newfoundland.
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 2, 1997
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The first thing that strikes a visitor approaching Corner Brook, Newfoundland, by sea is how much it resembles Southeast Alaska.
Unless, of course, the visitor has never been to Southeast Alaska, in which case the visitor will simply recognize the central Newfoundland coast for what it is: a vast stretch of nearly unspoiled wilderness that gets real cold in winter.
Newfoundland is a province divided by water. While the majority of it is on the Canadian mainland, the rest is an island separated by the Strait of Belle Isle and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It lies at a lattitude just over 100 miles farther north than the northernmost tip of Maine.
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