52 Great Hikes on the Avalon and Bonavista Peninsula
by Mary Smyth and Fred Hollingshurst. This is an informative and vivid pocketbook on Newfoundland’s most breathtaking hiking trails.The authors bring you a book of their hiking adventures, containing practical recommendations, informative anecdotes and beautiful accompanying photographs. Follow them as they recount the natural wonders and scenic beauty of 52 of the province’s trails along the Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas. With information on local attractions, trail highlights and tidbits of history and culture throughout, you will be inspired to pack up a kit bag and hit the trail!

Ponder with them over the origins of place names like Spurwink, Skerwink and St. Shotts.  If you’re up for a challenge, try the Masterless Men Path – but don’t forget your compass and map, and keep an eye out for the ghosts of Peter Kerrivan and his crew of convicts who jumped ship in Ferryland Harbour and took refuge in the hills.  From the Klondike Trail, peer down on the sea stacks jutting up from the ocean like jagged saw teeth, and watch hundreds of puffins preen themselves on Puffin Rock.  There is truly a hike for every person and every season, and you will come to believe, as the authors contend, that “there is no such thing as a bad day on the trail.”

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