Places to Explore In Western Newfoundland

Discover the best places to explore in Western Newfoundland with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Corner Brook

Newfoundland's fourth-largest city, Corner Brook is the hub of the island's west coast. Hills fringe three sides of the city, which has dramatic views of...

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  • 1 Things To Do

Deer Lake

Deer Lake was once just another small town on the Trans-Canada Highway, but the opening of Gros Morne National Park in the early 1970s and...

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Gros Morne National Park

Because of its geological uniqueness and immense splendor, this park has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Camping and hiking are popular activities, and...

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  • 7 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

Around the year 1000, Vikings from Greenland and Iceland founded the first European settlement in North America, near the northern tip of Newfoundland. They arrived...

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Port aux Basques

In the 1500s and early 1600s, there were seven Basque ports along Newfoundland's west coast and in southern Labrador; Port aux Basques was one of...

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  • 1 Things To Do

St. Anthony

The northern part of the Great Northern Peninsula served as the setting for The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx's 1993 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. St. Anthony...

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  • 2 Things To Do

Stephenville

The former Harmon Air Force Base is in Stephenville, a town best known for its summer theater festival. To the west of town is the...

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