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Great Northern Peninsula


September 24, 2007 | permalink |


Make your way to the Great Northern Peninsula for today's Geo Quiz. We're looking for the name of an island today that forms part of a Canadian province.

Adventure journalist Peter Potterfield: He hikes above Ten Mile Pond, one of the unique land-locked fiords of Gros Morne National ParkAdventure journalist Peter Potterfield: He hikes above Ten Mile Pond, one of the unique land-locked fiords of Gros Morne National Park

The western side of the island is called The Great Northern Peninsula.

Ed English: An outdoor operator and inn keeper, paddles past the Quirpon Lighthouse. photo by Peter PotterfieldEd English: An outdoor operator and inn keeper, paddles past the Quirpon Lighthouse. photo by Peter Potterfield

At the very northern tip of the peninsula -- there's a tiny island called Quirpon Island. It looks out on the Strait of Belle Isle. A waterway that's popular with Orcas and humpbacks and photographer Peter Potterfield:

"When I got to Quirpon Island it was just astounding it's the only place I had to worry about my photographic gear getting splashed by whales. You get that close to them because the whales get so close to the island."

We'll hear more about Quirpoon Island and the Great Northern Peninsula, but first take a crack at naming this island in the North Atlantic.

A hiker: He pauses halfway across the wild, 25-mile  map-and-compass trek knows as the Long Range Traverse Photo by Peter PotterfieldA hiker: He pauses halfway across the wild, 25-mile map-and-compass trek knows as the Long Range Traverse Photo by Peter Potterfield

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