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 The
Dark Tickle Company is located in Griquet,
on the Great Northern Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,
Canada. We manufacture jams, sauces, teas, vinegars, drinks, and
chocolates from unique wild berries. These berries, picked
by hand, are carefully processed without additives resulting
in a quality product that is both distinctive and delicious.
The company itself employs a relatively small
number of people involved in processing. We purchase from
a network of approximately 100 individual pickers covering
a large area including the top half of the Great Northern
Peninsula of Newfoundland, the coastal regions of southern
Labrador, and northeastern Quebec. Berry picking which has
been historically, and still is a strong tradition in areas
such as these, is now also perhaps one step in the slow
diversification of a fishery based economy.
• Our name. A ‘tickle’ is
a narrow channel which in our case is dark because it is
surrounded by high hills. It is also the area in Griquet
where we are located and as represented by the picture in
our labels.
• Our focus is to offer a taste of the unique handpicked
wild berries of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• These presently include the bakeapple (cloudberry),
partridgeberry (lingonberry), crowberry, squashberry
and wild blueberry.
• We use no additives or preservatives.
• As a wild product from a remote location they are
free of the various chemicals nearly always associated with
cultivated products.
• We present a high quality product.
• Our plant is registered with and inspected by Agriculture
Canada.
How to Get Here
N 51° 30.289’
W 55° 28.878’
The Dark Tickle Company is located on route 436 on the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Take route 430 off the Trans Canada Highway (route 1) at Deer Lake. Proceed approximately 420 km north on route 430 to route 436. The Dark Tickle Company is located in St. Lunaire - Griquet about 19 km along route 436. This is the same route as the L'anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. |