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Greenland Joins IAT

NewsApril 17, 2010

On April 22-23 at the Annual IAT Council Meeting in Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Greenland joined the International Appalachian Trail as the 7th official chapter. In attendance from Greenland were IAT Greenland Director René Kristensen and his Greenlander hiking friend Hans…

Snowmobiling into Special Management Areas

NewsMarch 30, 2010

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On March 22 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Signage Director Delano Pittman made a one-day snowmobile trip into the Long Range Mountains of the Northern Peninsula to scout out the recently created CBPPL-IATNL Special Management Areas at Brian’s Pond Inner…

IAT Presents at Binational Tourism Summit

NewsMarch 29, 2010

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On March 25-26, IAT President Paul Wylezol gave a slide show presentation of the IAT at the Binational Tourism Summit in Niagara Falls, New York. The host Binational Tourism Alliance is a not-for-profit tourism industry trade organization created to…

IATNL Attends Boston Travel Show

NewsFebruary 21, 2010

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From February 19 to 21, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol, Communications Director Greg Wood, and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy attended the Boston Globe Travel Show. The IATNL was an exhibitor with its own booth to promote the International Appalachian Trail. …

CBPPL and IATNL Create Protected Areas

NewsFebruary 17, 2010

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Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited and the International Appalachian Trail Newfoundland and Labrador have entered into an agreement to protect five areas of western Newfoundland where the trail network plans to expand. The Special Management Areas, to which…

Southwest Coast Meeting

NewsJanuary 28, 2010

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On January 25, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy had the good luck of driving to Port aux Basques on a beautiful winter day to attend an IATNL information session. The meeting was well attended by stakeholders…

First Devil’s Bite Trail Hike

NewsDecember 26, 2009

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The IATNL recently received news and photos from the first complete non-stop Devil’s Bite Trail hike. Though the entire route was bushwacked by IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol over three separate occasions, French adventurers Matthieu Currat and Simen Andersen made the…

Autumn On The Hummock

NewsDecember 7, 2009

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On a sunny October afternoon IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol made a trail blazing trek to the top of the Hummock, located 2kms southwest of Frenchman’s Cove in the beautiful Bay Of Islands. This 1,000ft hill provides fantastic views of…

Work Progressing On Devil’s Bite Trail

NewsNovember 26, 2009

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With 3 inches of snow on the ground and more falling, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and trail workers Caroline Swan, Katie Broadhurst, Curtis Payne, Tyler Grant, David Simms and Trent Foster set out late one October afternoon across Parsons Pond…

Blazing Trail Through Western Brook Gulch

NewsNovember 25, 2009

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In late August local outfitter Randy Parsons gave IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and trail workers Curtis Payne and Trent Foster a boat ride across Parsons Pond to the Devil’s Bite Trail southern trailhead. From there the three hiked deep…

Along The Humber Valley Trail

NewsNovember 24, 2009

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Read the account of Keith and Heather Nicol’s recent hike along the IATNL’s Humber Valley Trail, as reported in the Evening Telegram, November 14.

Official Naming of French Shore Trail

NewsNovember 12, 2009

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On October 13 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Trail Director Arne Helgeland attended a meeting in Conche to discuss the development of the Conche to Croque section of trail, and to officially rename it the French Shore Trail. Also…