Yukon Chatter Bug

Although I know that place names don’t necessarily match the place itself and are sometimes a ploy to trick people (think Greenland), I was looking forward to my visit to Paradise.  As you’ve seen with previous posts about Newfoundland, it truly is a wondrous place with breathtaking views. But what about Paradise itself?

Paradise has been in the news lately thanks to the most recent municipal elections where Kurtis Coombs beat Ralph Wiseman by three votes. After a couple of recounts, it ended in a tie that was broken by a draw from a hat – literally. This put Coombs at the losing end, but had he won, he would’ve been the youngest mayor in Canada’s history.

But more about the town itself, Paradise is the fastest growing town/city in Atlantic Canada, and construction crews have a hard time keeping up with laying roads and building houses. With this explosion of suburbia, the locals are calling it Paradise Lost.

Below is a built-up area next to Adam’s Pond. There are houses and roads all around this pond now which don’t  show up on Google maps yet.