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…

A new cost-sharing agreement between the provincial and federal governments aims to address a number of concerns along the T’Railway Provincial Park. The initiative, cost-shared on a 50-50 basis, will result in $1.6 million being utilized for improvements and repairs, including reconstruction of the Crabbes River Bridge.

In early August IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and executive member Delano Pittman joined six IATNL trail workers on a backcountry adventure above the north rim of Parsons Pond Inner Pond. The eight man crew flew in over the mountains for 3 days of trail blazing and cutting on the mid section of the Devil’s…

The second meeting of IAT Ireland, the working group examining the feasibility of establishing a segment of the IAT on the island of Ireland, took place in Armagh city, Northern Ireland on September 10, 2009. The meeting was held at the invitation of the North-South Ministerial Council, the body established by the Governments…

In early August IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol accompanied a trail crew to Conche on the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula to begin work on the new Conche to Croque Coastal Trail. While Paul and trail worker Brandie-lyn Leafloor departed Conche enroute to flagging the trail to Crouse Peninsula, the remaining crew “slashed…

In July IATNL Trail Director Arne Helgeland and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy made a trail blazing trek to Simms Falls, the first step in the development of a southern access to Blow-Me-Down Mountain Trail. From Simms Falls the trail will wind its way through Simms Gulch and onto the top of the mountains.

During the last week of July 12 intrepid adventurers, including 5 IATNL executive members, left Five Mile Road on the first IATNL Flat Hills to Parsons Pond trek. The recently completed southern access trail off the Flat Hills makes this new scenic route possible. The two-day hike was followed by a half-hour boat…

In late July IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol flew in over the mountains east of Parsons Pond with Devil’s Bite Trail crew members Curtis Payne, Trent Foster, Caroline Swan and Troy Gaulton to complete an important section of trail above East Brook Gulch. After a cloud-shrouded start, the weather cooperated nicely for 2 days, allowing…

On July 24 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol took advantage of an ideal summer day to take Ontario resident David Slade and his nephew Sam on an afternoon trek to 660m (2,000ft) Cape Blow-Me-Down on the Copper Mine To Cape Trail in the beautiful Bay of Islands.