Gander, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The Trans-Canada Highway leaves Terra Nova National Park – interrupted about halfway at Gambo , where the Smallwood Interpretive Centre (June–Sept daily 9am–7pm; www.gambo.net ; $3), has several exhibits and memorabilia commemorating Newfoundland's Father of Confederation, the late premier Joey Smallwood – to sprint 60km to GANDER , an inconsequential town built around an airport, whose site was chosen by the British in the 1930s – they considered it ideal because it was far enough inland to escape Newfoundland's coastal fogs and near enough to Europe to facilitate … more »