About Newfoundland and Labrador:
1. Almost one and three quarters times the size of Great Britain, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank fourth in size behind Alaska, Texas and California...if it were one of the United States.
2. Newfoundland is the youngest province in Canada. St. John's is the starting of the longest road in Canada, the 4,860-mile Trans Canada Highway. The highway was started in 1962, and ends in Victoria, B.C.
3. Guarding the entrance of St. Johns is Signal Hill, overlooking the harbor. It was on Signal Hill that inventor Marcomi received the first radio message sent across the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Gander, Newfoundland's airport has been called the "crossroads of the world."
5. Some stores sell "canned" Newfoundland air, which is said to be scented with fish flakes.
