Dive into Newfoundland and Labrador’s rich folklore, with tales of monsters, mermaids and fairies that long shaped its storytelling traditions, and you’ll discover why movies and TV series shot on this enchanted island off Canada ’s east coast have cast a spell over audiences worldwide.

“Once you know the location and the beauty of this place — and there’s also this hard-rock-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean kind of feeling — it just becomes this magical place people want to learn more about and what we do and what kind of stories we tell,” says Laura Churchill, CEO of PictureNL, which supports local production and markets the province to Hollywood for location shooting.

Dive into Newfoundland and Labrador’s rich folklore, with tales of monsters, mermaids and fairies that long shaped its sto

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