Haha no worries - we all have moments we want to throw our phones into the water for trying to be smarter than us...with horrible auto-correct. /glares at iPhone unceremoniously

How about Quebec? From what I read the climate has long winters/nighttime and short summers/daytime. The two largest language groups in this province are French and followed by English, so you can throw in some French goodies if you want. The capital is Quebec City; the most populated is Montreal. Maybe we can set at the Laurentian Mountains? It's one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world (you know what this means heh).

As for vampirism, are we going with traditional/dracula-inspired characteristics, or with Meyer's sparkly kind? Or a combination of both with some original touches?

That's sounds like a good idea :)