Favourite sunrises of famous Canadians, from Fogo Island, Nfld. to Tofino, B.C.

Follow the sun with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Elisapie, Tom Green, Wab Kinew and Canada’s first Olympic surfer in this mini graphic novel for Canada Day

Lying off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Fogo Island is sometimes called one of the far corners of the earth. And just off the coast of that outer island lie the rocky cliffs and mostly abandoned fishing cabins of Little Fogo Island. From the Fogo Island Inn, above the harbour, is one of the first places in Canada to catch a spectacular sunrise.

On the opposite side of the country, one of the last places to catch a great Canadian sunrise as the golden globe arcs from east to west is in Tofino, British Columbia, on the western coast of Vancouver Island. Sanoa Olin, Canada’s first Olympic surfer, who was born and raised in Tofino, gives the inside scoop on the best viewing spot: head to Lennard Island, by the lighthouse, and watch the sun rise over the mountains that fall into the Pacific Ocean.

There are plenty of places in Canada celebrated for their sunrises — Banff, Alberta, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital, to name a few. But the beauty of a sunrise is you don’t have to go anywhere special. Just wake up early.

You won’t be alone. Join famous Canadian early risers Felix Auger-Alliassime, Elisapie, Tom Green, Wab Kinew and super-surfer Olin on a sunrise tour across the country by graphic novelist Jeff McIntyre in this special Canada Day collaboration with Postmedia.