Fogo Island Inn

Fogo Island Inn is on an island, off an island, at one of the four corners of the Earth. Situated along Iceberg Alley, all 29 rooms and suites feature floor-to-ceiling windows opening onto the most powerful ocean on the planet. The Inn delivers genuine, place-specific hospitality in a stark, unforgiving wilderness. Furnished with handmade quiet luxuries, it serves as a refuge from the numbing uniformity of modern times. The islands off Newfoundland have an independent spirit and a deep-rooted culture, and Fogo Island embodies both. This lodge is not only owned by a charity that benefits the local community, it was also designed by Newfoundland-born architect Todd Saunders to draw out modern elements of centuries-old outport architecture. Fogo Island Inn is a 100% social business and a community asset. There is no private gain; all operating surpluses are reinvested in the initiatives of Shorefast, a registered Canadian charity dedicated to building economic and cultural resilience on Fogo Island. Fogo Island’s seven seasons consist of warm summers, snowy winters, a spectacular ice season, hopeful spring, trap berth season, the world’s best berry picking in the early fall, and a stormy and emotional late autumn. Guests can exhilarate in outdoor adventure via snowshoe or snowmobile on a winter cabin outing; observe the ebb and flow of magical, sparkling pack ice in March and pursue ancient icebergs on the North Atlantic in May and June; take to the hills to pick berries by the bucket-full and attend the annual Partridgeberry Harvest Festival in the fall; and be the first in North America to welcome in the New Year on Newfoundland’s time zone, half an hour ahead of the rest of the continent. On Fogo Island, each season provides a different perspective for getting to know the place, and perhaps even yourself. During every stay, a Community Host will orient guests to this “salty Narnia,” sharing fresh perspectives, stories and laughter. Join up with a lifelong Fogo Islander to learn how to build a boat; go fishing for cod as many generations have before; forage for wild plants and mushrooms with the kitchen team; hike coastal trails; or simply sit back and listen to the lilt of local music.