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 the paper company holds the timber rights, will have an indefinite moratorium on operations and…

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 from Newfoundland’s southwest coast, and the drive provided good views of the IATNL’s planned…

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 first non-stop 4-day trek in July 2009, before much of the trail was completed.

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 the Blow Me Down Mountains, Bay of Islands, North Arm Hills, and Humber Arm.

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 for a week of trail work inside Western Brook Gulch and Parsons Pond Inner Pond.

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 into scenic Western Brook Gulch while flagging the trail’s southern access route. It was…

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.

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 in attendance were community leaders from the historic French Shore, as well as representatives from…

On Halloween weekend IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol, Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy and Trail Director Arne Helgeland attended the 2009 IAT Annual General Meeting at Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island. Also present were chapter representatives from Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and PEI. Guest speakers included PEI Tourism Minister Valerie Docherty and Binational Tourism…

In September, College Of The North Atlantic Adventure Tourism Instructor Eugene Flynn accompanied IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol on a 2-day trail blazing trek of the Conche to Croque section of the IATNL along the eastern coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. The trek began with a 5km boat ride from Southwest Crouse into Northeast…

In September IATNL Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy and German volunteer Lenny Engelke journeyed into Simms Gulch on their way to trail blazing the barren mountaintop plateau of Blow Me Down Mountain Trail. Accompanying them into the gulch was filmaker Mark Flagler, who was in Newfoundland filming an IATNL promotional video.

Adventure filmmaker Mark Flagler recently joined IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol on the first Inner Pond to Inner Pond Trek. It began with an early 45 minute boat ride across Portland Creek Outer and Inner Ponds, and ended 3 days/2 nights later with a boat ride across Parsons Pond. Flagler was in Newfoundland filming…