Day 1: Trinity Bay, Nl
Trans-Canada Distance: 90 kilometres THEN: (Whitbourne) It’s not been so far to drive today, but back in 1962 this was the end of the paved road west from St. John’s. The highway turned to corrugated gravel before Whitbourne and separated the...
Day 2: Gambo, Nl
Trans-Canada Distance: 301 kilometres THEN: (Gambo) Every Newfoundlander knows where Gambo is, because every Newfoundlander knows that this is where Joey Smallwood was born — the man who became the first Newfoundland premier when he signed his...
Launch Day
Canada’s Road is published today. Dundurn sent me some copies and I bought some more to send to the people I included in the book, but the warehouse had already run out of stock – apparently, an order from Walmart cleaned them out...
Books across Canada
Mailed out the first bunch of signed books today to people who helped me along the way across Canada. Addresses from Newfoundland to B.C.! Couldn’t send many though because I don’t have many books yet – still waiting for the...