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WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
Western Newfoundland presents many visitors with their first view of The Rock, thanks
to the ferry landing at Port aux Basques. It's big, cliffy, even a bit forbidding with all
those wood houses clinging to the jagged shoreline against the roaring wind. From Port
aux Basques, poky fishing villages cast lines to the east, while Newfoundland's second-
largest town, Corner Brook, raises its wintry head (via its ski mountain) to the northeast.
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Corner Brook
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Newfoundland's number-two town is pretty sleepy, though skiers, hikers and anglers will
find plenty of action. The handsome Humber Valley, about 10km east, is where it's going
on. Centered on the Marble Mountain ski resort, the area experienced a huge develop-
ment boom until the bottom fell out of the international economy. But now the area is
heating up again. The valley offers adventure-sport junkies places to play, while the city
itself sprawls with big-box retailers and a smoke-belching pulp and paper mill.
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