A five-hour drive from St. John’s, N.L., and well off the beaten path, Point Leamington seems an unlikely spot for a one-of-a-kind tourist attraction.
But this is where the owner of an Ontario-based glove manufacturer has opened what is billed as the country’s first museum devoted entirely to gloves, hoping to draw visitors to the seaside Newfoundland community of about 575 people.
There are dainty gloves worn by Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn alongside a pair of worn-looking leather mitts that belonged to Elvis Presley. The mere sight of the hand coverings, a museum guide said, has been enough to prompt goosebumps and, in the case of the Elvis mitts, even requests to take a whiff.
“It’s just such a beautiful place,” Superior Glove president Tony Geng said of Point Leamington in a recent …