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Boathouses on a dock in the Change Islands

NEWFOUNDLAND

AND LABRADOR

With towering peaks, vast landscapes, and
10,500 miles (17,000 km) of rugged coastline,
both Newfoundland and Labrador display wild,
open spaces and grand spectacles of nature. In this
captivating landscape, massive icebergs drift lazily
along the coast, whales swim in sparkling bays,
and moose graze placidly in flat open marshes.
Newfoundland’s west coast offers some of
the most dramatic scenery east of the Rockies.
The granite mountains of Gros Morne National
Park shelter deep fjords, while the eastern part of
the island has a more rounded terrain, featuring
the bays and inlets of Terra Nova National Park.
Part of the area’s appeal is retracing the history
of past cultures that have settled here, including
Maritime Archaic Aboriginal Peoples at Port au
Choix, Vikings at L’Anse-Aux-Meadows, and Basque
whalers at Red Bay in the Labrador Straits.
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