Susan Nicol's Blog: Canadian Sagas

Today is Book Lovers Day.

When Leif Eiriksson and his family built a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, they crafted many of their furnishings from what was available locally. The area offered several great advantages, not the least ...

On Monday, May 4, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador shut sea and air traffic to all but essential travellers due to COVID-19 precautions. So, sadly, one of the most attractive and engaging tourist destinations in...

Vacation plans have been cancelled around the world. Around the WHOLE WORLD.

March 5, 2020, is World Book Day-a UNESCO initiative that aims to celebrate both books and reading. It's marked in over 100 countries across the globe on the first Thursday of March. In Britain, it falls on St. David's D...

At Norstead Viking Village in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, you'll discover many recreations in this 11th century Viking port of trade. This outdoor fire pit is one of them.

In Sagas & Sea Smoke, the protagonists, Audrey Vincent and Luc Laliberte, discover exquisite vistas, intriguing keepsakes, and love in the perfectly picturesque town of Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador.

In the novel Sagas & Sea Smoke, the primary protagonist, Audrey Vincent, is approached twice on this boardwalk that leads to Norstead Village, a recreation of an eleventh-century Viking port of trade.

Much of the action in Chapter One of Sagas & Sea Smoke takes place inside the Royal Canadian Legion hall in St. Anthony, Newfoundland.

So my husband and I joined a rather large, intent band of Winnipeg revellers, who circled for parking spots, braved the cold, and trekked to a snowy knoll near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to watch fireworks on N...