Attractions | Town of Gander (2024)

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The town of Gander was once known as the “Crossroads of the World,” due to its perfectly positioned airport. Once the largest on earth, with runways big enough to land the space shuttle, it was a strategic location for refuelling and a bustling centre during wartimes.

It has many popular attractions, including North Atlantic Aviation Museum, Cobb's Pond Rotary Park, Xheight Zone, perfect for a trip!

The estimated 2024 population of Gander is 11,997. The population of Gander was recorded at 11,880 in the 2021 Canadian Census, and was recorded at 11,688 in the 2016 census. This is a change in population of 192, which is an annual growth rate of 0.33%.

Gander was the only operative airport in the Maritimes. Thus, the airport at Gander became the main staging point for the movement of Allied aircraft to Europe during World War II. Gander's location on the Great Circle Route made it an ideal wartime refuelling and maintenance depot for bombers flying overseas.

The saying, “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.” states that something that is good for one should be good for all. Well, recent TAS visits have provided evidence that cool-season grasses are flourishing with the cooler temperatures and the timely rains experienced to date.

Besides being the proper name for a male goose and a slang word for silly man, the word gander also shows up in the idiom "take a gander." The slang sense of gander comes from the meaning recorded in 1886, to take a long look by craning one's neck like a goose, or wander foolishly (again, like a goose).

Total violent criminal code violations rate per 1,000 population was 12.33 for Gander-Lewisporte District, RCMP^e in 2021.

Fogo Island is in central Newfoundland and can be reached by taking Route 330 north from Gander to the ferry service that runs from Farewell (via Route 331 and 335). The ferry sails visitors to Change Islands in 25 minutes, while the crossing from Farewell to Fogo Island is approximately 50 minutes.

Bankruptcy. In March 2017, Gander Mountain voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The retail chain decided to close 32 stores in 11 states.

The average cost of living in Gander is $3,615/month for a single person who rents. This average is based on many factors including the cost of housing, transportation, groceries, and entertainment.

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Christianity has been the dominant religion in NL since the arrival of European colonists in the 16th century. There is a whole spectrum of Christian denominations represented in the province. However, with more newcomers to Canada settling in NL, there is a broader diversity of organized religious groups present.

None of the aircraft proved to be a threat, and Canada hosted thousands of passengers who were stranded until U.S. airspace was reopened. Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, played host to 38 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.

In December 1988, the Canadian Air Safety Board finally released the official report which ruled that the crash was caused by ice contamination.

Some commercial transatlantic flights still use Gander as a refuelling stop; most notably, some American legacy carriers (United Airlines and Delta Air Lines in particular) who use the Boeing 757 to connect smaller European cities with their major US hubs.

The passengers and crew of one flight created a scholarship fund for students in the Gander area. The initial donation of $15,000 has, since 2001, grown to more than $1 million and provided scholarships to more than 200 local students.

As terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 closed American air space, 38 passenger planes heading west over the Atlantic with more than 6,500 passengers and crew were diverted to Gander Airport in Newfoundland. Those passengers soon found out that instead of being trapped, they were embraced.

Cascades are most commonly used in isotope separation, distillation, flotation and other separation or purification processes. A diagram showing a cascade of three fixed-bed reactors (and three fired heaters associated with them).

Construction began in the 1950s on the present townsite. The municipality was incorporated in 1958 and the airport settlement was abandoned. Throughout the 'Jet Age' of the '50s and '60s, virtually every transatlantic flight required a refueling stop at Gander, making Gander “the Crossroads of the World”.

Literally, what is good for a female goose is equally good for a male goose (gander); or, what is good for a woman should be equally as good for a man. If something is good for one person, it should be equally as good for another person.