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GROS MORNE

NATIONAL PARK

EXPERIENCE Newfoundland and Labrador dash over the tundra. Navigate narrow fjords cradled between
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Hike along barren earth or climb alpine summits where Arctic foxes
soaring cliffs, where waterfalls vaporize as they tumble. The ancient
and moody landscape of Gros Morne is like no other place on earth.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gros Morne
northern section of the park. Hiking along
is Newfoundland’s most scenic landscape
coastal pathways, beach combing around
masterpiece. Here, the Long Range Mountains
sea stacks, and cruising the fjords are some
rise 2,670 ft (814 m) above a blue fjord that
of the main activities in this area. Those with
cuts into the coastal range. Some of the world’s a keen eye will spot moose and caribou in
oldest mountains, these are pre-Cambrian and
several million years older than the Rockies.
St. Paul’s Bay.
Gros Morne Mountain is one of these and
it’s a popular, if grueling hike to the top.
Barren and rust-colored, the unique the forests, and seals and whales around
Tablelands area was created during a collision
of two continental landmasses over half a
billion years ago, when deep ocean crust
and rocks of the earth’s mantle were thrust
upward, instead of forced underneath, which
is usually the case. Erosion and glaciation
followed and now these ancient parts of our
planet lie exposed. Due to the magnesium-
rich soil in the exposed peridotite rock, very
few plant species can survive here, and so
the landscape resembles a desert.
Most of the tourist services are found in Visitors on a boat tour on Western
the seaside village of Rocky Harbour in the Brook Pond, near Rocky Harbour
INSIDER TIP
Western Brook
Pond Boat Tours
A boat tour of Western
Brook Pond is the best
way to explore the
park’s steep, glacier-
carved fjords, full of
waterfalls and wildlife.
Tours are generally
offered from June to
October and require a
long walk to the docks
in Rocky Harbour.

Hikers crossing the arid,
rocky Tablelands on
a clear day
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