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Feather and Folk Festival’s Starlight Trek

On Saturday, June 4 during the Springfest Feather And Folk Festival in southwestern Newfoundland, IAT Chairperson Paul Wylezol accompanied a group of enthusiastic hikers on a scheduled hike of the Starlight Trail near Tompkins in the Little Codroy Valley. The two-hour trek was preceded by the installation of a new IATNL sign marking the…

IAT 2011 AGM At Gaspésie National Park, PQ

The International Appalachian Trail - Québec, in collaboration with the Québec Hiking Federation and the SÉPAQ (Société des établissements de plein air du Québec), invite you to celebrate the trail’s 10th anniversary by participating in the IAT Annual General Meeting and the 14th edition of the Québec Hiking Festival on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 in the Gaspésie National Park…

IAT Holds 2011 Council Meeting

On April 30 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, representatives from the International Appalachian Trail in Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland Labrador met for the Annual IAT Council Meeting.  The agenda included a review of planned Chapter activities for 2011, and recent IAT developments in Western Europe. …

IATNL Trek Named Best New Adventure Trip

In its May issue, Explore – “Canada’s Adventure Magazine” – named the Inner Pond Trek as the #1 Best New Trip for 2011. The nearly complete yet unmarked trail begins and ends with a one-hour boat ride: across Parsons Pond in the south and Portland Creek Inner and Outer Ponds in the north. …

Snowmobiling Across The IAT North Arm Hills

On April 1, IAT President Paul Wylezol and IATNL Signage Director Delano Pittman took full advantage of a beautiful late winter day to head off into the North Arm Hills on snowmobile to scout out the IATNL North Arm Hills Trail, from the north shore of the Bay of Islands to Chimney Cove Valley. …

France Expresses Interest in IAT

IAT Vice President Eric Chouinard of Québec traveled to France in March to promote the International Appalachian Trail at tourism shows in Lyons and Paris.  He also met with representatives from the French hiking federation (Fédération Française de la Randonnée Rédestre - FFRP) and the National Pole of Resources for Outdoor Sports (Pôle Ressources Nationales des Sports de Nature - PRNSN)…

Humber Elementary Snowshoes To Hummock

On March 25, IAT Finance Director Kevin Noseworthy, IATNL Secretary/Youth Coordinator Caroline Swan, and Caroline’s first-year CNA Adventure Tourism students guided three Grade 5 classes from Humber Elementary School in Corner Brook on a 3-hour snowshoe trek to the Hummock above Frenchman’s Cove. The adventure began at 9:00am after a 30-minute bus ride from Corner…

IAT Attends Maine Travel & Adventure Expo

  The IAT attended the Maine Travel & Adventure Expo in Bangor, Maine on the weekend of April 1, 2 and 3. The information table was continually staffed by your team of Poul Jorgenson, Walter Anderson, Carl Lavigne and Dick Anderson. Traffic on Friday was reduced by a significant, late-season, snowstorm, but was high on both Saturday and…

The IAT Reaches Spain

The International Appalachian Trail is growing in Europe. The newest addition is a chapter in Spain, Sendero Internacional de los Apalaches – SIA, to be established formally next month. IAT Maine Chapter members Don Hudson, Thomas Urquhart and Robert Marvinney traveled to the Iberian Peninsula between March…

IAT Team Travels to Spain

Peregrinando por …. Visita del IAT a España Las Villuercas 18, 19 y 20 de Marzo de 2011 ¿apalaches o villuerquinos? Esa es la pregunta que se harán a partir de ahora los miembros del IAT tras…

Canadian Ambassador Welcomes IAT Ireland

On March 18 at the Canadian Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, new Canadian Ambassador Loyola Hearn extended a Canadian and Newfoundland welcome to IAT Ireland. Also in attendance were IAT President Paul Wylezol and representatives from Fáilte Ireland, Geological Survey of Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, Irish Sports Council, Atlantic Corridor, Donegal Local Development Co.,…

Coast Alive Designates IAT Trails

On March 16 at their Annual Meeting in Varberg, Sweden, IAT partner Coast Alive officially designated more than 10,000 kms (6,000 miles) of North Sea Trail and North Sea Cycle Route as part of the International Appalachian Trail. The new IAT route will cross much of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England, and…

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