Watch Newfoundland -- Winter/Summer

Joseph travels to Canada's Eastern-most province in winter and summer in search of cultural, scenic and wildlife adventures. If it were part of the United States, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador would cover an area that would make it the fourth largest state. Not that the Newfoundlanders would relish the prospect of ing our union. They have always been fiercely independent - they waited 88 years, until 1948, to Canada -- the last province to do so. Author Ray Guy said, "Your average Newfoundlander is waterproof, dustproof, shock-resistant and anti-magnetic. Just as racehorses have been bred for legs and wind he has been bred, over three or four hundred years, for durability. Your Newfoundlander will come out on top of it all. Endurance is his secret." For centuries, Newfoundlanders have endured because of their tenacity and their symbiotic relationship with the sea. It used to be the cod, now its whales. No, they're not hunting whales these days, whale watching and other tourism activities have proven to be a renewable source of enjoyment and . Joseph's summer activities include kayaking along the Irish loop in Cape Broyle and hiking to Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve where more than 20,000 gannets and other sea birds nest. In winter Joseph spelunks through an ice cave, cross country skis in Gros Morne National Park and skis Marble Mountain -- regarded by many as the best skiing east of the Rockies.