Canadian holiday ideas: Herring Neck Dory Festival, July 17th to 20th, 2025

My plan for the foreseeable future is to promote Canada in any way that I can. Today's post is about Newfoundland, our most easterly province.

The annual Grassroots Cultural Festival in Herring Neck Newfoundland takes place July 17th to 20th, 2025. (Close to Twillingate and Iceberg Alley.)

Great Music, Fun Competition, and a Whole Lot of Community Spirit.

This community-based festival highlights some of Newfoundland's greatest traditions. From Kitchen Parties to Rowing Races and everything in between, the Herring Neck Dory Festival has fun for the whole family to enjoy.

The four-day festival will take place July 17-20, 2025.

Stay and play in Canada!

Nearby Twillingate, and iceberg alley

Sparky's Epic Adventure Across North America (Twillingate and big icebergs!)

July 9th: Iceberg Alley or the Iceberg Corridor passes in front of Twillingate Newfoundland, which is a cool place. (Yes, pun intended.) 

Twillingate Iceberg Alley

There were at least six big bergs that I could see, with several others drifting further out in the mist. The icebergs inspire open-mouthed awe as dozens of people witness the spectacle. 

In my heart, I know this shouldn't be happening but I want to witness the sobering, yet wonderous, sight firsthand. It's a worrisome trend as the Artic heats up and more icebergs, "calf off," or break away from the glaciers and then drift south towards Newfoundland.

The small coastal outports of Newfoundland and Labrador were once a hub of cod fishing and logging. Then the 1992 moratorium on cod fishing caused an economic collapse in many small villages. 

Twillingate Newfoundland

Twillingate icebergs and tour boat

Oddly, global warming has created a new tourism boom in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

In the last ten to fifteen years the villages have come to rely on the recent influx of amateur photographers and tourists from all over the world who have come to witness the world-changing ice melt. 

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador hosted around 500,000 tourists last year. That's roughly the equivalent of the province's total population. 

Ask anyone in the 50 to 70 range, and likely they will say "It's on my bucket list," or "I just got back from two weeks in Newfoundland." 

This is my ninth day 'on the Rock' and I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. Sparky enjoys the new smells, and hundreds of new pee-mails to read and answer. 

Cheers Lynda and The Sparkinator.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW

Twillingate Newfoundland 

Iceberg Alley - weird slice marks on iceberg

Tourists staring in open-mouthed awe

Lighthouse at Twillingate 

Sparky's Epic Adventure Across North America (hunting icebergs in Newfoundland).

 July 8th: I was on the hunt for icebergs early in the morning. Our next reservation is in Botwood about a two-hour drive from Springdale, so I had lots of time to explore. I headed toward King's Point on the #391, then toward Nicky's Nose Cove, because the name funny intrigued me. Apparently, the cove was named for a nearby nose-shaped rock. (I wonder who Nick the owner of the noteworthy nose was?) 

The biggest piece of the much larger iceberg

There were three good-sized 'bergs and a trail of bits and pieces floating near the shore in Nicky's Nose Cove. According to a friendly local, there had been one very large iceberg that broke apart early in the morning. 

Pretty darn impressive either way. If you look closely at the photos, the tiny dots on the iceberg are seagulls. That gives you an idea of how large this piece was.

Cheers Lynda and The Sparkinator 

Buried in its own mist - Nicky's Nose Cove

Seagulls on iceberg Nicky's Nose Cove

King's Point well-known pottery store

King's Point By the Sea Inn

King's Point colourful chairs