Tuckamore A Visitor's Guide BONNE BAY: D. WILSON 1 Contact Information

Gros Morne National Park of P.O. Box 130, Table of Contents Rocky Harbour, NL A0K 4N0 2 World Heritage [email protected] www.pc.gc.ca/grosmorne 4 Unforgettable Adventures (709) 458-2417 6 Aquatic Encounters Campground Welcome 7 Western Brook Pond Reservations www.reservations. to 8 Take a Hike parkscanada.gc.ca 10 Experience Proper 1-877-737-3783 / (TTY 1-866-787-6221) Awesome 12 Scenic Drives Swimming Pool (709) 458-2350 13 Conservation

Boat Tours 14 Trail Guide/Map Western Brook Pond 16 Experience Gros Morne (709) 458-2016 / 1-888-458-2016 18 Camping

Ferry Information/ 20 Wildlife Reservations I was born and raised in , a small community in the middle of in this region (Gros Morne and L’Anse aux Meadows are the other two). 22 History and Heritage Marine Atlantic Gros Morne National Park. I’ve lived in a National Park for most of my life, In addition to the sites operated by Parks Canada Agency, there are many 1-800-341-7981 23 Communities and have spent my entire career working for Parks Canada. I have been very more historic sites, houses and museums managed by communities and Strait of Belle Isle lucky to have worked in places like Banff in Alberta and the Niagara National associations throughout western and . 24 Cultural Crossroads (St. Barbe) 1-866-535-2567 Historic Sites in Niagara on the Lake, . After an absence of more than 26 five years, I am pleased to have had the opportunity to come home, and to On behalf of our passionate Parks Canada staff who you will meet along the 27 L’Anse Aux Meadows Bus and Taxi Services Martin’s Transportation welcome you all here as Superintendent. way, I would like to welcome you to the area. We look forward to helping in 28 Red Bay Corner Brook to Trout any way we can as you create your own memories and adventures in this very River, Monday – Friday, 29 Distance Chart year round. This is an amazing place, with stunning scenery and a history that goes back special place. (709) 453-7269 / 2207 thousands of years. I’ve spent a lot of time over the years hiking, skiing and Pittman’s Taxi camping in many areas of the Park. I remember many great hikes to the Voice of Bonne Bay (709) 458-2486 / 8401 Local community top of Gros Morne Mountain, spending time exploring the orange rocks of radio station! Bonne Bay Water Taxi the Tablelands, and walking along the coast at Green Gardens, near Trout 95.9 FM (Norris Point/Woody Point) (709) 458-2016 / River. Growing up in Norris Point we always had an incredible view of the Geoffrey Hancock, 1-888-458-2016 98.1 FM Tablelands and Bonne Bay. It was usually through the eyes of visiting family Superintendent, Parks Canada, (Rocky Harbour) www.vobb.org Gros Morne VIP Tours that I regained an appreciation for this unique place in which I lived— Western Newfoundland and Labrador (709) 458-8818 (709) 458-2291 not only its landscape, but the culture which I often took for granted. I What’s going on? C.REARDON For scheduled events in encourage you to take time to explore, to talk with local people and take in Emergency Numbers What’s New in Gros Morne? Gros Morne area (park and many of the excellent activities in the area. Musical evenings, festivals and • See the Earth Naked – Hike to the top of communities), visit the event calendar at: Park Wardens theatre productions are presented by amazingly talented people throughout the Tablelands. pg. 10 -11 1-877-852-3100 www.visitgrosmorne.com the year, and are especially numerous in the summer. Many visitors to this • No tent, choose to rent an oTENTik, and enjoy Police area initially come here for the incredible scenery, but leave with memories camping hassle free. pg. 19 1-800-709-7267 • Yaffle of Chores – Hands-on program at enhanced by their encounters with local people and communities. Broom Point. pg. 16 Hospital • Hike with Clem to the top of (709) 458-2201 As a previous manager of three Parks Canada National Historic Sites in Western Brook pond! pg. 7 Ambulance western Newfoundland and Labrador; Port au Choix, L’Anse aux Meadows • Get the App for Broom Point, Tablelands or Trails! 243-2520 () • Check out the Red Chairs contest! pg. 25 458-3444 (Rocky Harbour) and Red Bay, the history of this area is close to my heart. It is therefore very • New exhibit at Lobster Cove Head , 453-2091 (Woody Point) satisfying to me that in 2013, Red Bay Basque Whaling Station was inscribed opening in August! pg. 22 453- 2048 (Trout River) as Canada’s 17th UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of three UNESCO sites • Hike the new scenic loop on Baker’s Brook Falls 911 (cell phone only) trail!

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Visit the World Wonders within A World Heritage Site Gros Morne

The spectacular landscape of Gros Morne tells the story of the Earth’s transformation. How many will you visit?

The rocks and geologic features exposed within this place are the result of continents colliding. Shallow Bay They have helped define the theory of plate tectonics and rank this place among our planet’s most significant natural areas. GULF OF Cow Head ST. LAWRENCE D.WILSON • Layers of Time Broom Formed at the bottom of an ancient Point ocean, the layers of shale at Green St. Pauls Inlet Point contain fossils. These fossils help define the Cambrian and Ordovician periods. Discover more. Check the schedule of events and Wes te L e B el E. visit when the naturalist is on site. rn B

r o • Former fjords o k P ond Glaciers carved the massive cliffs of Western Brook PANORAMA FROM NORRIS POINT: S.Stone Pond as ice bit through this 1.2 billion-year-old block of granite and gneiss. Get a close up view of this spectacular landscape on the Western Brook Pond The rocks of Gros Morne National continents collided. Thus, these Green boat tour. Park and the adjacent parts of rocks give support for the theory Point 430 western Newfoundland provide of plate tectonics. More recently in “With your two feet you’ll be some of the world’s best illustrations geological terms, glaciers carved this spanning over 500 million of plate tectonics. For this reason, place into the spectacular landscape years of Earth history

the United Nations Education, we see today. S.STONE and I think that’s pretty Scientific, and Cultural organization Gros Morne National Park qualifies Rocky Harbour (UNESCO) designated the park a incredible” as a World Heritage Site for its: World Heritage Site in 1987. Bo nn Visitor Penny Morrill, Dept of Earth e • “exceptional natural beauty”, and B Centre a Geologists are able to show the Science, Memorial University y rocks in Gros Morne were part of • “outstanding examples an ancient ocean. Later these were representing major stages of Earth’s thrust up to become part of the history”. Discovery Trout Centre • Tropical Sea Floor River Appalachian Mountains as two Around Bonne Bay, the pink quartzite mountaintops and limestone cliffs were once sandy beaches and tropical reefs that formed the shoreline of an 431

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• Volcanic Coastline Park The rocks of Green Gardens erupted onto the Entrance Earth as a continent split apart and an ocean Download the World formed. Hike the Green Gardens trail and explore this volcanic coast and its sea cave. Heritage podcast, • Ocean floor "Bones of the Earth" at upturned World Heritage Audio Documentary parkscanada.gc.ca The Tablelands are a slice Bones of the Earth of ancient ocean floor. The orange-brown rock is one of During this new one-hour audio documentary, the best and most accessible the voices of geologists, community residents, artists and examples of exposed mantle poets reveal the meanings of the landscape and rocks. This audio journey material in the world. Pick up brings you through Gros Morne’s significant geological features, building the a map and explore on your own or, participate in the daily grand story of the evolution of the earth and the process of plate tectonics. interpretive hike. C.REARDON S.STONE 4 5 Big Adventures!

• Hike the Green Gardens trail, 9 km return, to explore the volcanic coast, meadows, and sea cave or be more adventurous and complete the 15.5 km loop.

• Kayak to Stanleyville and spend the night.

• Hike to the highest point in the park – the top of Gros Morne Unforgettable Mountain, 16 km return. Gros Morne Adventures • Climb the Lookout Trail behind the Discovery Centre for a panoramic From Small Adventures view of Bonne Bay. to Big Adventures and • Hike to the top of the Tablelands. • Hike to Snug Harbour and camp Everything-in- between! on the shores of Western Brook Pond. FLYING A KITE: C.REARDON Stanleyville: C.REARDON

• Look for songbirds while walking the • Stroll along the coastal trail and play Everything in Small Adventures! trails in the lowland forest. hide-and-seek in the Tuckamore – a Newfoundland term for the stunted and Between! • Find a coastal look-off, sit and lose • Visit the Discovery Centre, sit relax windswept balsam fir and spruce trees yourself while listening to the sea. and take in the breathtaking views of that grow in alpine areas and along • Mingle with locals at community Bonne Bay. the coast. events or festivals. Check • Visit Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse visitgrosmorne.com and decode the signal flags, or fly a • Walk the harbour boardwalk in Trout kite in the field! River. • Wander onto a community wharf and chat with a local fisherman. • Take a scenic drive north on route 430 • Get your hands wet in the touch tanks and watch the sunset. at the Bonne Bay Marine Station in • Cook your own "toutons" during Norris Point. the Yaffle of Chores program at • Spend time exploring the tide pools at Broom Point Fishing Exhibit. Lobster Cove Head. • Learn about cod fishing atBroom Point Fishing Exhibit. • Explore Gros Morne with your • Spend the day on the sandy beach at

S.STONE kids! Pick up the free Gros Morne Shallow Bay and picnic at the kitchen Xplorers book and have fun doing shelter. the special activities. : t u c k amore : yaffle of chores: C.REARDON

SHALLOW BAY BEACH: Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism M. Burzynski M. Burzynski Finding Beauty Photography of Ed Huberty Handmade Objects from Around the Bay

“Finding Beauty” is the title of this year’s reveals itself in both the natural art exhibit at the Discovery Centre Art Environment of Gros Morne National Gallery, a combination of the photography Park and in the traditional activities and of Ed Huberty and handmade objects handmade objects that are a proud part from around the Gros Morne area. The of community life here. exhibit explores how ‘daily beauty’

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BONNE BAY MARINE STATION KAYAKING FISHING SWIMMING There’s more than one way to C.reardon (entrance fee) Gros Morne National Park offers In freshwater: You may fish for Open air swimming is best at experience this spectacular Your marine adventures begin in many fascinating paddling trout and salmon in the park. Shallow Bay, Lomond, and Trout landscape. Norris Point’s Bonne Bay Marine opportunities with its more than To fish trout, you need a Gros River Pond. None of these sites WALK Station. Supported by Memorial 260 km of coastline. Paddlers Morne National Park Fishing are supervised, but all have Your experience begins with a walk into the University and the Gros Morne should become familiar with the Permit. To fish on a scheduled washrooms and picnic tables. pond on easy-moderate 3 km trail of gravel Co-operating Association, this marine and weather conditions salmon river, you need a Gros Due to the dangerous currents and boardwarlk. Along the way, benches marine research centre offers before setting out. Wind Morne National Park Salmon at the mouth of Western provide places to rest and interpretation exciting interpretive programs and weather conditions can Licence and a Provincial Brook, swimming in the ocean signs enrich your experience. Plan focused on the sea. change quickly and pose major Salmon Licence and tag. Park off the beach there is not approximately 45 minutes. problems for unsuspecting fishing permits and licences are recommended. All ages will enjoy the daily paddlers. Private operators offer free and available from all park RELAX AT DOCKSIDE Interactive Aquarium Tours kayaking tours of Bonne Bay. facilities. A valid park pass is Also ask local people for their Sit and relax inside the building or outside where you can see local marine also required. Provincial salmon recommendations – a number on the deck. Purchase a light lunch while life and get your hands wet in BOATING licences are available at retail of small streams are great for a PUT YOURSELF IN THE ICONIC PHOTO! Hike to the top of Western Brook Pond Gorge viewing the magnificent mountains and the touch tank. Don’t forget to Power boating is allowed on outlets such as convenience dip, especially those with pools Meet Clem, a professional guide at the dockside, take the shuttle to the end of the pond and then then share your photos with family and ask about the naturalist-led Bonne Bay and Trout River stores and service stations. and waterfalls, for example at hike to the top of the gorge. Once on top you will be rewarded with a magnificent view of the pond. friends by connecting with free wifi. boat and kayak tours of the Pond. Boat ramps are located Middle Brook near Glenburnie. Choose a day hike or camp overnight. bay’s marine environment. at Trout River Pond, Lomond, Lomond River (including the By mid-summer, even the bay SCENIC BOAT TOUR This tour includes camping supplies and meals. and Mill Brook day-use areas. East Branch), and Deer Arm may be pleasant enough for a Board the new catamaran and spend 2 For reservations contact Bontours. Information: Nearby communities also Brook are scheduled rivers quick dip! hours cruising this iconic freshwater fjord (709) 458-2874 / 2550 provide services for boaters, and restricted to fly-fishing. lake with its stunning billion year-old cliffs Take the shuttle to Snug Harbour and spend the May 17 to September 1 including government wharves, Western Brook and Trout River Gros Morne Swimming Pool, and waterfalls cascading from 2,000 feet. day or overnight. Be adventurous and climb to 9:00 am – 5:00 pm marinas, repair facilities, and and its tributaries are closed to which overlooks Rocky Harbour, the top of the North Rim for that once in a lifetime September 3 to 28 boat ramps. fishing. Check with park staff has a 25-metre indoor pool with Reservations are recommended: view! 9:00 am – 5:00 pm for up-to-date information on a shallow bay, a leisure harbour, Visit www.bontours.ca or call 1-888-458-2016 (Wednesday to Sunday) seasons, limits, river closures a whirlpool, and a variety of or 709-458-2016. Ticket offices are located at the Shuttle service also available for Long Range Closed September 2 and regulations. scheduled, supervised activities. Ocean View Hotel in Rocky Harbour and Western hikers. The pool is open daily from late Brook Pond dockside. In saltwater: The recreational June to Labour Day. C.reardon C.reardon fishery for groundfish (including SCHEDULE FOR THE BOAT TOUR cod) is open to both NL residents May 15 - June 14 – – 12.30 pm – – – and non-residents. The limits, season, and specific regulations June 15 - June 30 – 11 am 12.30 pm – – – are announced each year by July 1 - August 31 10 am 11 am 12.30 pm 1.30 pm 3 pm 4 pm Fisheries and Oceans Canada September 1 - September 14 – 11 am 12.30 pm – – – (www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca). September 15 - October 15 12.30 pm 8 9 BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING CYCLING Overnight hikes let you immerse There are no specifically designed Take a Hike! yourself in nature. Backcountry campsites have only minimal bike trails in Gros Morne but bikes There are more than 100 km of facilities. There are usually wooden are permitted on the Old Mail Road trails in Gros Morne, from half- tent pads (to reduce trampling of and Stuckless Pond trail. The Old the soil and to keep your tent off Mail Road is suitable for all riders hour strolls to strenuous multi-day the wet ground), a food locker or while mountain bikers may wish to hikes. But you needn’t be limited – bear pole (to store food so that check out the Stuckless Pond trail it does not attract bears), and and the 11km of looped ski trails your legs can carry you anywhere pit toilets. Portable stoves must near the Visitor Centre. The cabin be used since campfires are not access road across the highway from your eyes can see! Mattie Mitchell, permitted. the Visitor Centre is a favourite of a famous Mi’kmaq guide who lived Backcountry sites are located local riders. It has great views of in Norris Point and walked all on Stanleyville, Green Gardens, Gros Morne and the Long Range Wallace Brook, Ferry Gulch, Snug Montains, and Eastern Arm Pond. over western Newfoundland, was Harbour trails, and at the end of Trout River Pond (accessible by quoted as saying: “When I walk, kayak or canoe). my legs do the thinking.” Hiking is WILDERNESS HIKING You must register with the park The Long Range and North Rim one of the best ways to experience and purchase a backcountry permit to use any of these backcountry traverses are challenging and our natural world. campsites. Registration is based on spectacular routes that the park a first come-first served system. recommends for experienced C.REARDON backcountry travellers. Map CLIMBING GROS MORNE: S.STONE GREEN GARDENS: S.STONE and compass skills are essential since there are no trails or route markers to show the way. Weather in the mountains can also quickly reduce visibility. TRAIL GUIDES The park trails listed on p. 14 are all clearly marked, and feature boardwalks, stairs and bridges where necessary. Reservations and a backcountry A map at the beginning of each trail shows the route and any major decision points. A waterproof map/guide to the permit are required for these trails is available for $19.95 at the Tuckamore shops in the Visitor Centre and Discovery Centre. wilderness treks. You must also do a pre-trip planning session including a self-assessment test at COMMUNITY TRAILS least one day in advance of your Some of the best short walks are right in town. Each community has a few trails. trip. Topo maps are for sale at the Visitor Centre and Discovery Trout River Lighthouse Trail Trail takes you through fields and woods to the signal light and a view 1.6 km Centre. Contact park staff for of the community, and the outer coast return more information. Eastern Point Leads to a coastal headland with views of Trout River 2.4 km return Long Range Traverse Woody Point Community Trail Trail starts behind the school in Woody Point and leads to the Discovery 3.2 km 35 km (4 days +) Centre with spectacular views of the community, the Tablelands and return Bonne Bay North Rim Traverse 27 km (3 days +) Norris Point Burnt Hill Trail A short climb up this 80m-high hill leads to great views of Bonne Bay 2 km loop and the community James W. Humber Trail Trail begins at the Norris Point lookout and winds downhill through the 2.4 km forest to Wild Cove beside Bonne Bay return Get the Rocky Harbour Waterfront to Salmon Point Stroll along the harbour to the cliffs of Salmon Point for a view of the 1 km sunset and the mouth of Bonne Bay return Trail Guide Rocky Hills Trail A short trail leads to a place once used as a lookout for returning boats 800 m App! return Bottom Brook Following the brook that winds through the community, this trail leads 2 km from the harbour front to the Fisherman’s Landing Inn return FRIENDLY REMINDER! St. Pauls Tickle Point Trail Explore coastal meadows and salt marshes of St. Pauls Bay 2 km return Pets are allowed on most hiking trails but must be kept on a leash. Pets Cow Head Lighthouse Trail An old path used by early settlers to get to the lighthouse. Winds 2.5 km are not allowed on the top of Gros Morne Mountain but are allowed on through coastal tuckamore and grassy meadows to a panoramic return the section of trail to the base of the mountain. headland at the point of the head 10 11

See the Earth Naked The Tablelands of Gros Morne Visit the Tablelands of Gros Morne, one of the few places where Earth’s mantle is revealed. Pushed in place as continents collided almost half a billion years ago, its orange weathered rock is from the middle layer of the Earth. Shaped by glaciers less than 15,000 years ago, today few plants grow in the Tablelands' toxic soils. This barren landscape is one of the best examples of the Earth’s mantle – exposed to you the way few have seen it.

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HIKE TO THE TOP OF THE WALK UPON THE EARTH’S MANTLE – TAKE THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED L.LIU UNDER A MANTLE OF STARS BOTTOM OF THE EARTH! GUIDED HIKE Trout River Pond Trail, 14 km return Trout River Campground - Whether The Tablelands dared you and you took You arrive at the Tablelands and from the Hike along the shore of the pond and you choose to bring your own or the challenge. After all it’s not every day minute you and your family step from the into the heart of the middle of the rent an Otentik - just be sure to that you get a chance to walk upon the parking lot, your curiosity is piqued – the Earth. Accessible only by two feet and a get back to camp in time to see Earth’s mantle. Escape the trails and snake-like skin on the rocks, the peculiar heartbeat, this trail can best be described the Tablelands in a whole new light you can be one of the few who will have plants...Luckily, you came just in time as pristine. Along the way, you can enjoy of the setting sun. seen the view from the top. Pick up a for the 10am daily-in-the-summertime one of the best views of the Tablelands map, plan your route and let your legs exploration with a park guide – harbinger from your own private beach. carry you to the top. of all things tectonic – so you don’t have to • TAKE THE SCENIC DRIVE wonder for too long. THROUGH THE GULCH! Need some direction? Let us guide you to the top for an amazing day in which • PICK UP AN “EXPLORA: you can enjoy the luxury of having a FOR THE TABLELANDS, OR naturalist by your side. DOWNLOAD THE APP! c.REARDON

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River valley before twisting down The Struggle ocean floor upturned, the deepest layers on top PIPER & KELP: B.GILES into the South Arm of Bonne Bay. This was the Before Woody Point, the road turns inland and – a wondrous illustration of plate tectonics. only road link to the northern peninsula until climbs to the bright yellow Discovery Centre. MOOSE AND THE FOREST SPECIES AT RISK 1968. The Tablelands loom above the small This is a great place to stop for an overview The road ends at Trout River, where you can Finding the Balance A new multi-species communities perched along the side of the of all the mysteries of the landscape. As you stroll along the boardwalk by the sea, and action plan fjord: Glenburnie, Birchy Head and Shoal Brook drive on through Trout River Gulch, you can discover its marine heritage in the community ramble over the glacial deltas that 10,000 appreciate the way that mountains affect museum. More views await at Trout River Pond, By protecting large areas of natural years ago flowed into the bay. Woody Point’s weather, and sense how climate and geology where you can also explore on foot, by boat or Gros Morne is famous for its very Parks Canada will continue with habitat, national parks play an important large historic homes and buildings hint at its reign in this bizarre landscape. Here glaciation in a kayak. large moose population. Moose the harvest from September 13, role in helping species at risk in Canada. were introduced to Newfoundland 2014 to February 2, 2015. The park But national parks also do much more over a century ago and in Gros has been divided into a number of Coastal Drive to give these troubled species a helping Morne they found abundant food, carefully-selected zones to ensure Route 430 heads north at Wiltondale and Shallow Bay hand. Legend few predators, and protection that visitors to the park during this hugs the western coast of the park. There Lookout Information from hunting. But all those moose period have access to a wide variety are spectacular views of the Long Range Cow In accordance with Canada’s Species Coastal Drive Head are taking their toll on the health of trails and facilities in areas that Mountains and Bonne Bay as the road climbs Tablelands Drive at Risk Act, Gros Morne National Park Water taxi 430 of the park’s forests. Moose are remain closed to hunting. over Southeast Hills and then winds along the is developing a Multi-species Action St. Pauls Bay eating so many young trees that 0 2 4 6 8 km East Arm of Bonne Bay. St. Pauls Plan to help recover the species at risk Broom Point they are preventing the forest Recovery of the forest is monitored North St. Pauls Inlet that call the park home. This plan from regrowing to form the next as moose numbers decline. A side trip to Norris Point rewards you with will address the needs of 14 species, generation of forest. Action was Indicators of success are the a panoramic view of Bonne Bay and the including Piping Plover, American needed to protect the park’s forests. growth of forest-floor plants and Tablelands. At the town’s waterfront you can Martin Point Marten, and the Newfoundland Red the recovery of young fir and other stroll onto the wharf, visit the aquaria of the Crossbill. The plan addresses population W e After extensive consultation, woody species. Parks Canada’s 430 st er Bonne Bay Marine Station or take a boat or n Br monitoring and research needs, habitat Sally’s Cove ook Pond Parks Canada implemented a pilot target is a healthy forest and a kayak tour. protection and restoration, public moose population reduction in healthy moose population. education, and co-operation with our Green Point Big Level Gros Morne National Park in 2011. North of Rocky Harbour, Lobster Cove Head partners to ensure that imperilled ers Br Since that time, approximately Bak ook P lighthouse guards the entrance to Bonne Bay Bake o species have a safe and secure home in rs Br n ook d Berry Head 1600 moose have been harvested in For more information: and overlooks the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Berry Gros Morne National Park. Hill Gros Morne by qualified hunters. www.pc.gc.ca/foresthealth scenery changes dramatically along this outer Lobster Cove Head Gros Morne coast. The Long Range Mountains retreat to Gulf of Mountain Rocky Harbour St. Lawrence the east as the road follows the windswept Salmon Point B o Visitor THREE MOOSE: M.BURZYNSKI nn Centre coastline. The fish staging areas, dotted along e B a y the shore, are a reminder of the inshore 430 See the effects of fishery’s importance to this coast. Green Gardens Norris Point moose on our forest. Discovery Woody Point 431 Centre Killdevil Trout Mountain River Hike the Baker’s Brook A lowland of forest and bog separates the coast Shoal South Arm East Arm from the mountains. Here you’ll see roadside Tablelands Brook Falls trail. Birchy Head Lomond Southeast Hills

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INTERPRETATION Unlock Gros Morne’s beautiful Through a variety of creative and engaging activities, our guides will share Experience Gros Morne secrets by exploring with a their knowledge, insights & love of this place. Below are just some of the Parks Canada guide... wonderful experiences you can have. Ask for a full schedule at any park facility.  Program included with park pass $ Additional fee applies

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X-StreamScience ($) Hike to the Top of the Bottom Be the change you wish to see in the world – take part in of the Earth ($) citizen science! Go behind the scenes to understand and Go up and beyond the trail! A full day, help out with some of the research that happens here… guided hike up Winterhouse Canyon Bats and moose and eels, oh my! to the top of the unearthly-looking Tablelands for a glimpse at what few get to see.

Meet the Mudges G.LOCKE yaffle of chores: c.reardon  Experience what life was like for Tablelands: Walk Upon the Earth’s Mantle  traditional fishing families along Yaffle of Chores($) WESTERN BROOK FISH FENCE : S.STONE Stroll upon the Earth’s mantle - normally found far below this coast. Step back in time to Take a trip back in time to discover the crust – and explore the world-significant landscape the mid-‘60s and see this world traditional Newfoundland life described as a “geologist’s dream”. through the eyes of the Mudge and language: tend gardens, make family. toutons, hook mats... etc.

Campfire at Lobster Cove Head A good, old-fashioned family campfire: sing songs and hear Tidepool Walk  stories about this wonderful place. With a Bonne Bay Marine Station Interpreter, discover the creatures that live in the harsh world of tidepools. TIDEPOOL WALK : BONNE BAY MARINE STATION

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Where Once They Stood: An Aboriginal Journey ($) R.BRUSHETT Walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before to learn how they used plants and animals for medicine and Discover Our Secrets ($) food. Discover your own connection to the land and learn Explore the park’s paths less travelled to make a medicine tie that you can take home. on this naturalist-led adventure of the

week and discover the beautiful places Green Point: Naturalist on Site  S.STONE the locals go. Locations vary from week Visit an intriguing sequence of layered rocks and chat “EXPLORA” the Tablelands  to week. CAMPFIRE: S.STONE with a naturalist to find out why it’s world famous. FIRE CIRCLE: PARKS CANADA GREEN POINT WALK:GREEN B.GA U DY Can’t make the Tablelands Walk? Try the next best thing GrosMorne: An Earth Odyssey  to a real guide! Fire Circle  An out-of-this-world evening Listen to the drum and rediscover show! A zany traveller is sent Sign out an Explora unit at your connection to Mother Earth from another galaxy to discover the Discovery Centre and in an outdoor evening of fire and our geology and why we’re a experience the Tablelands at stories. UNESCO World Heritage Site! your own time and pace.

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Only $120.00 per night, Camping including park pass and Gros Morne National Park offers a variety of firewood. camping opportunities. Choose your experience from one of five campgrounds, primitive campsites along trails, or group camping at Berry Hill.

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To tent or to rent? Experience S.STONE Clean Routine camping like never before. Help keep our park clean by putting all of your garbage in the containers provided. Love the idea of camping, but prefer Please put only sorted recyclables, such as the comfort of a bed? Imagine beverage containers, in the blue bins. arriving at a campground to find your camp already set up! The Drinking Water oTENTiks offer a unique blend of Water in all our campgrounds is treated and welcoming comfort and outdoor tested regularly. It is safe to drink unless adventure. Part tent, part cabin, oTENTik units come equipped with bed and otherwise posted. Water from roadside Berry Hill campground: S.STONE furniture on a raised wooden floor. They’re an easy and relaxing way for anyone springs and other natural sources are not to experience the fun of camping with none of the fuss of setting up camp. tested and should be boiled before drinking.

Book your reservations online at Looking for serviced camping? Trout River Lomond Berry Hill Green Point Shallow Bay www.reservation.pc.gc.ca Serviced sites are available in many of Next to Trout River On the shores of Bonne Secluded campground in On the shores of the Next to the 4 km sandy the private campgrounds located in the Pond with views of the Bay with outstanding a forest setting. Centrally Gulf of St. Lawrence beach at Shallow Bay. surrounding communities. Tablelands. views of the bay and the located. with spectacular coastal Location: 1 km north of www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/ Location: 2 km from Long Range Mountains. Location: 5 km north of views and sunsets . the community of Cow PlanYourTrip/Campgrounds community of Trout Location: 17 km from Rocky Harbour off route Location: 12 km north Head. River, 50 km from the park entrance at 430. of Rocky Harbour on Amenities: Offers the park entrance at Wiltondale off route 431. Amenities: Close to route 430. the best saltwater Wiltondale off route 431. Amenities: Area swimming pool, visitor Amenities: Cobble swimming Amenities: was once a logging Camping Services oTENTiks Drive-in sites sites Walk-in Beach sites Fireplaces Kitchen shelters Playground Flush toilets Hot water Showers Dumping station Group camping Wireless internet CAMPGROUND RESERVATIONS: centre, and Lobster Cove beach, seasonally (unsupervised) in the Boat ramp and beach for community; two trails TROUT RIVER Head Lighthouse. Three active fish staging area park; trail along the old 2 40 4 - unsupervised swimming follow old logging roads; (seasonal)        You can make hiking trails leave from nearby, trail along the winter mail road links at the nearby day use boat ramp and wharf LOMOND a reservation online at the campground. old winter mail road the campground to the - 25 - 4 area. on-site. (seasonal)        www.reservation.parkscanada.gc.ca, Sites: 69 wooded sites, runs south to Bakers day use area. Sites: 44 large open and Sites: 29 open and BERRY HILL or by calling 1-877-737-3783 2 group camping sites. Brook, self-registration Sites: 62 open and 3 69 - - wooded sites. wooded sites. (seasonal)         or (TTY) 1-866-787-6221 campground . wooded sites. Sites: 31 open and GREEN POINT 1 31 - -     Group Camping reservations wooded sites. (open year round ) are available by calling SHALLOW BAY 2 62 - - (seasonal)         (709) 458-2417 or email [email protected] 20 21

Wildlife Seeing wildlife is always exciting and Gros Morne offers lots of viewing opportunities for visitors. Whether it’s birds or mammals, the park is home to a variety of species. T. K NIG H T T. J. R obertson J. S. S tone S. S.G errow S.G errow

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reddish grey with a whitish throat Bu rzyns k i M. and belly. It is mostly nocturnal Arctic Hare weigh up to 6 kg and are Rock Ptarmigan live all year on the Caribou are the native deer of the Moose are the largest member of the although it may be seen at any Red Foxes are native to Newfoundland the largest members of the hare arctic-alpine barrens of the park’s island of Newfoundland. At less deer family. They are dark brown time of day. The coyote is an but are often not the typical red family. They are grey in summer mountains. These birds are grey than 240 kg, they are considerably and weigh between 385 and 540 kg. opportunistic feeder with its main colour. They may be black and silver and turn white in winter. Arctic in summer and white in winter. smaller than moose. They are dark They were first introduced to the diet consisting of snowshoe hare, or a mixture of colours but all have hare are native to the island of They depend on camouflage for brown in summer but light brown island in 1878 and today there caribou, moose, carrion, birds and the distinctive white tip on the tail. Newfoundland. They live on the protection and fly only when badly to white in colour through fall and are about 4800 animals in the small mammals. Foxes are often seen along roadsides arctic-alpine barrens of the park’s frightened. They are regularly seen spring. In summer, caribou are park. Moose are often seen along and are common throughout the mountains and are regularly seen on on Gros Morne Mountain. commonly seen on the Long Range roadsides and trails, particularly Black Bears are native to the island. park. Gros Morne Mountain. Mountains and only occasionally around dawn and dusk. They can They are found throughout the park Bald Eagles are often seen around seen in bogs and forests of the cause significant damage, injury but seen infrequently. Bears will eat Whales - Minke whales are often seen Snowshoe Hare were introduced to Bonne Bay. Trees perched on the lowlands. During fall and winter, and/or death when hit by a vehicle, a variety of things including berries, in Bonne Bay from late spring to

M ost A sked -A bout nimals the island in the 1800s. They are steep slopes surrounding the bay they are often seen in the coastal so drive carefully carrion, garbage, and the occasional fall. Larger whales, such as the brown in summer and white in are ideal nesting areas and the bay’s bogs north of Rocky Harbour. caribou calf. Bears tend to be wary Humpback, are uncommon but can winter. Snowshoe hare live in the shoreline is used for foraging. of people but they are attracted by be seen near St. Anthony and the forests and are commonly seen in food. Keep yourself safe: do not Labrador Straits area. campgrounds and along the lowland leave food or garbage lying around. trails. Read the brochure You Are In Bear Country and report all bear sightings to park staff.

Did You Know? Keep them wild & stay safe BEAR SAFETY Wildlife on the Road IMPORTANT NUMBERS With the island’s isolation from the n Don’t approach wildlife. Give Read the brochure You Drive carefully as many of your Visitor Centre: North American mainland, there them space and respect. Are In Black Bear wildlife encounters will occur YOU ARE IN (709) 458-2417 are only 14 native mammals and no n Use binoculars or a telephoto lens Country, available at BLACK unexpectedly while driving. Moose, native amphibians or reptiles. for that close up view. the the Visitor Centre, foxes, and bears are often seen along Park Wardens: BEAR 1-877-852-3100 n Keep the animal’s line of travel or the Discovery Centre, COUNTRY the road. If you decide to stop, don’t escape route clear. or online at forget about traffic safety. Be sure Police: n Back away slowly if the animal www.pc.gc.ca. to pull off the road and watch for 1-800-709-7267 shows signs of aggression or Always practise oncoming traffic. Hospital (Norris Point): approaches you. proper food storage. (709) 458-2201 n Don’t feed animals. A fed fox is a dead fox 22 23

History and Heritage Come visit these sites that help to tell the story that is woven here between landscape & culture!

BROOM POINT FISHING EXHIBIT At Broom Point, the past is alive – come put your hands on it! This is the story of the vibrant life of a typical Newfoundland fishing family told through the eyes of the Mudges – a family of three brothers, their wives & children who lived & fished here seasonally for 35 years. Using the restored properties as a base – complete with original artefacts The communities in the Gros Morne area are a part of this – our skilful guides animate the past to give you insight into the present, Communities and perhaps the future, of the traditional Newfoundland inshore fishery. landscape and its heritage buildings provide a glimpse of times past. Broom Point is open daily from 10:00am to 5:30pm, June 2 to September 21.

Your admission is included with your park pass. WOODY POINT HERITAGE DISTRICT: S. Stone Ask at any park facility for a schedule of activities and tours. HERITAGE SITES

BROOM POINT: S. Stone Jake Crocker House, Fishermen’s Museum, Jenniex House – Norris Point Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum and Interpretation Centre – Trout River This relocated home, a typical – Cow Head From the days of early settlement, Newfoundland saltbox, overlooks Come explore the history of Cow life in this community was oriented Bonne Bay and has a magnificent Head through a variety of historical LOBSTER COVE HEAD LIGHTHOUSE to the sea. This trio of facilities view of the Tablelands. You can view relics, from pre-contact Aboriginal are gathering places and Lobster Cove Head is no exception. linked by the waterfront boardwalk community artefacts on display or artefacts to tools related to early life The lighthouse is currently undergoing extensive renovations to host a bear witness to this way of life purchase local crafts in its store. in a fishing outport. Information: brand-new exhibit. The lighthouse building will be closed from May - and the importance of the fishery Open daily from July until Labour (709) 243-2023/2466 July 2014 and will reopen to the public in August. In the meantime, we to the community. Don’t miss the Day weekend. Information: would like to welcome you to our new outdoor exhibit with upgraded storytelling program on Tuesdays in (709) 458-2896 Take time also to visit the trails and new interpretive signage placed around the head. Our July and August. St. Mary’s Botanical Walk next to experienced and knowledgeable staff will be on site as usual to meet and Julia Ann Walsh Heritage Centre – St. Mary’s Anglican Church. greet visitors. Woody Point Heritage District – Woody Point Norris Point Once an important commercial Having served as the cottage hospital Lobster Cove Head is open daily from 10:00am to 5:30pm, June through September (Wednesday through Sunday in May and October). and government centre for the west in Norris Point for sixty years, the Your admission is included with your park pass. coast, Woody Point has preserved building now houses the local many of its historic homes and library, a physiotherapy clinic, a buildings, on the waterfront. Enjoy hostel, and studio space. A small LOBSTER COVE LIGHTHOUSE: S. Stone the rich history of this town, stroll museum displays artefacts from the MATTIE MITCHELL SITE: S.STONE along the waterfront and chat to the era of provincial cottage hospitals.

locals, stop by a cafe and visit the Information: (709) 458-8880 or MATTIE MITCHELL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE craft stores. [email protected] Designated a person of national historic significance in 2001, Mattie Mitchell was a renowned Mi’kmaq guide, hunter and prospector who made exceptional : S. S tone S. MITCHELL : MATTIE

contributions to the mapping and exploration of S tone S. the Northern Peninsula and the development of the emerging Newfoundland economy of forestry and mining in the twentieth century. Stroll around this

peaceful commemoration site and learn about Mi’kmaq Bu rzyns k i T rout R iver - M. presence in Newfoundland and learn still more by participating in an Aboriginal programme.

Ask at any park facility for a schedule of activities. COW HEAD GARDEN: S.STONE COW HEAD GARDEN: 24 25

Cultural Crossroads Revealing our Red Chairs Contest Join us in a creative and adventurous contest throughout the summer in Gros Morne National Park. MINT Z E WU TABLELANDS

Take time to attend a festival, enjoy a S.STONE : T. coc h rane church supper, listen to some music,

participate in a workshop or visit the E.PEARSON E.PEARSON shops of local artisans to experience this T.KROES place with the people who call it home.

Theatre and Story-telling D.BUCKLE The Gros Morne Theatre Festival in Wave Over Wave Tuesdays and L.ELLSWORTH E.PEARSON Cow Head is back for another Thursdays is a guided walk season of storytelling, music and exploring the fishing and farming There are 17 iconic red chairs throughout the park placed in our favorite places drama. The 2014 line up includes traditions of Trout River. E.PEARSON to enjoy the view and relax. Just around the corner on your favorite trail or along the ever popular dinner theatre Passing the Time in Trout River is a E.PEARSON the ocean’s edge you may find the perfect spot to “take it all in”. – Ethie, as well as Newfoundland relaxed opportunity to interact Snap a creative picture of these iconic chairs and briefly tell us why you love Vinyl – the “C” Side, Neddy Norris with local storytellers and Gros Morne. Relax & take a seat! To enter check out Facebook and Twitter Night, Beauty Queen of Leenane, musicians and special guests and @Visit Gros Morne The Known Soldier Tempting each Tuesday. Providence. WAVE OVER WAVE: Myvid.ca The Tuckamore Shops ARTS AND CRAFTS Writers at Woody Point is a four-day literary festival presented in the Come browse, relax, enjoy and take The natural beauty of Gros Morne is an inspiration to restored Woody Point Heritage home a special memento of Gros Morne artists and craftspeople alike. Resident and visiting Theatre and hosted by Shelagh National Park. artists create works from their experiences, providing Rogers of CBC’s The Next Chapter. a mix of contemporary art side-by-side with local craft Rooted in Newfoundland literature, The Tuckamore Shops are found in traditions. the festival attracts writers and two convenient locations: Throughout the summer the park hosts a number of songwriters from across the n Discovery Centre visiting artists through an artist-in-residence program country and around the world. n Visitor Centre with The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery and other LIVE MUSIC residency programs. Watch for opportunities to meet WOODY POINT HERITAGE THEATRE : T.cochrane There are many opportunities The classically-inclined Gros these artists through public talks, workshops and open to hear live music ranging from Morne Summer Music is constantly studios. Tools for Discovery traditional and Newfoundland searching for new ways to provoke In many local craft shops and studios there is and Labrador popular to classical. rich encounters with great music. Take home a souvenir opportunity to talk with the artists, view demonstrations The main venues are: Anchor Pub Their programs, performed by and enhance your visit and take part in workshops. (Rocky Harbour), Cat Stop (Norris young and established artists from with some of these Point), Heritage Theatre (Woody around the globe, combine classical specialty maps and Point), and Neddie Norris Pub music with other genres such as guides of the park Events calendar and more: VisitGrosMorne.com (Cow Head), although restaurants choral, folk, and popular for a published by the Co- Inspiration and creative community news: and community venues may also CreativeGrosMorne.com unique journey through musical operating Association. feature live music on occasion. history. Look for local musicians like Jeff Quilty, Anchors Aweigh and Daniel Payne to name a few. 26 27

Discover a place where the wealth Archaic Tradition, and the ancestors Today the residents of Port au One thousand years ago, the peoples and Europeans. archaeological sites and designated of the sea has supported human of the Beothuk. The abundance Choix continue to make their living Norse landed on the shores of This marked a key chapter in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. settlement for more than 5000 and preservation of artefacts they from the sea, just as generations of Newfoundland, and explored an worldwide exploration and Today, you still can see the outlines years. Here archaeologists have left behind provides us with a Aboriginal people did before them. area they called Vinland. Their settlement. L’Anse aux Meadows of the original Norse buildings and found evidence of four Aboriginal fascinating look into the social, voyages to North America led to the National Historic Site is among gaze over a landscape little changed cultures; the Groswater and Dorset economic, and spiritual practices of first meeting between Aboriginal the world’s most significant since Viking time. Palaeoeskimos, the Maritime these cultures. C.REARDON : J. S mallwood J. JOIN IN : U F P.RENO : DOREST DOORWAY : M.B U RZYNS K I VIKING SILHOUETTES : Port au Choix National Historic Site L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site 5000 Years of Human Settlement The only authenticated Viking settlement in North America

Making the Most of Your Visit While in the Area Making the Most of Your Visit Getting There Plan to spend two to three hours at this natural and cultural site. You can spend a few hours to a full day at the site. Begin at the visitor Follow the Viking Trail to Route 436 turn-off (10 km south of St. Anthony The Visitor Centre features artefacts, exhibits, dioramas, and a film Port au Choix Heritage Centre, Port au Choix centre where exhibits trace the Norse voyages across the Atlantic. Follow Route 436 for 29 km to the site. that tells the story of 6,000 years of aboriginal history. This community museum tells the story of the French fishermen You can interact with a 3D model of the site, study the original who jumped ship and settled in the area. artefacts that confirm the Viking presence, and see evidence and open A reconstructed French bread oven provides an opportunity n Explore the limestone barrens and look for plants and fossils found handle reproductions that reveal Aboriginal use of the site. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m | June 2 to 15 and September 27 to October 10 nowhere else in Canada. to savour freshly baked bread and local jams. The centre also 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.| June 16 to September 26 n Walk in the footsteps of the ancient cultures who first inhabited documents the resettlement and light keeper stories. n Watch the orientation video to learn of the site’s discovery and Phone (709) 623-2608 this spectacular landscape. establishment of the Norse base camp. Torrent River Interpretation Centre and Nature Park, Hawkes Bay n Keep an eye out for sculptures offering glimpses into ancient n Join an interpreter on a tour of the archaeological site where evidence Here you can learn about the community’s involvement with Aboriginal ways of life. of the Viking presence endured for 1000 years. WHILE IN THE AREA Atlantic salmon conservation. Viewing windows at the fishway let n Pick up the free Xplorers book for kids and have fun doing special n Play along with the living history re-enactors in the full scale you see salmon in their natural habitat as they journey upstream Grenfell Historic Properties, St. Anthony activities while exploring the Site. reproductions of Viking sod buildings to get a taste of life 1000 years to spawn. Hiking trails and camp sites are also available. The properties, including an interpretive centre, restored house- ago. museum, and self-guided trail, celebrate the work and achievements of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, missionary and doctor, a person of national Immerse yourself in Viking Life for the experience of a lifetime at The historic significance. Westward Viking Festival, A Real “Taste of Vinland”! open July 21 – 31 Norstead, L’Anse aux Meadows June 16 – September 12, 2014 An imagined Viking port of trade with costumed interpreters 9am – 5pm | Phone (709) 861-3522 The Taste of Vinland Gala which takes place on July 26th is a main who depict activities from Scandinavian countries (axe throwing, rune Scan the code to feature of the festival. A celebration of music, storytelling, Viking reading, spinning, pottery). The boat shed contains the Snorri, a 16m download your free age and Norse Fusion cuisine and entertainment with something for knarr replica that retraced the Viking voyage from Greenland in 1998. Explora tour app. Getting There everyone to enjoy. Follow the Viking Trail (Route 430) north past Hawkes Bay. At the For a complete list of intersection to Route 430-28, turn off and follow this route for 13 n Daily Encampment Program! activities and programs visit km to Port au Choix. n Help the Blacksmith make a nail! www.parkscanada.gc.ca/ n Listen to the Chieftan’s stories of long ago voyages to Vinland! meadows 28 29

Attracted by the plentiful whales used by whalers, Red Bay was one of Today, you can still trace the 1 that frequented the Strait of Belle the most extensively used. Red Bay outlines of the rendering furnaces, Plan Your Trip Isle, Basques whalers established a National Historic Site reveals the survey the waters from a whaler’s thriving whale oil industry here in incredible story discovered in the look-out, and find shards of red clay Other National Parks and Historic Sites the 16th century. Of a dozen ports archives of Spain, and confirmed by roof tiles. along the -Labrador coast archaeology.

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8 192 228 224 104 Gros Morne Region 303 323 319 215 111 Cow Head 9 10 305 325 321 217 113 3 Shallow Bay campground : C.REARDON : RED BAY 312 332 328 224 120 8 12 St. Pauls 12 318 338 334 230 126 15 18 7 Broom Point 13 11 14 325 345 341 237 133 21 25 13 6 Western Brook Pond trail head 340 353 349 245 141 29 33 21 14 8 Green Point campground Red Bay National Historic Site Lobster Cove Head lighthouse 350 370 366 262 158 46 50 38 31 25 10 Berry Hill campground The most complete example known of the first industrial-scale whaling activities in the world. 351 371 367 263 159 47 51 39 32 26 11 3 352 372 368 264 160 49 52 40 34 27 12 1 5 Rocky Harbour 356 376 372 268 164 53 57 45 38 32 17 9 10 4 Visitor Centre 362 383 379 274 170 59 63 51 44 38 23 15 16 6 6 Norris Point Making the Most of Your Visit Getting There 359 379 375 271 467 56 59 48 41 35 19 12 13 7 3 9 Gros Morne Mountain trailhead We recommend that you spend three or four hours exploring the Follow the Viking Trail (Route 430) to St. Barbe, where a ferry 385 405 401 297 193 81 84 73 66 60 45 37 38 33 28 34 25 Southeast Hills viewpoint site. crosses daily to Blanc Sablon, Quebec. The site is an 88 km drive 391 411 407 303 199 87 91 79 73 66 51 43 44 39 34 40 32 6 Wiltondale from Blanc Sablon. For ferry schedule and reservations, call 408 428 424 320 216 104 108 96 89 83 68 60 61 56 51 57 48 23 17 Lomond campground n Begin at the Visitor Centre, where you will find a restored 16th- 1-866-535-2567. 416 436 432 328 224 112 116 104 98 91 76 68 69 64 59 65 57 31 25 12 Glenburnie century whale boat, a film about the underwater archaeology at OPEN 425 445 441 337 233 122 125 114 107 101 85 78 79 73 69 75 66 41 34 21 9 Woody Point Red Bay, and a panoramic view of the harbour. 9 am to 5pm - June 2 - June 9 | Closed June 10 & 11 429 449 445 341 237 126 129 118 111 105 89 82 83 77 73 79 70 45 38 25 13 4 Tablelands n Continue to the Interpretation Centre to see the rich collection 9am to 5:30pm - June 12 - September 19 437 457 453 349 245 134 137 125 119 112 97 89 90 85 80 86 78 52 46 33 21 12 8 Green Gardens trailhead of original artefacts recovered by on land and underwater 9 am - 5pm - September 20 - September 26 441 461 457 353 249 138 141 129 123 116 101 93 94 89 84 90 82 56 50 37 25 16 12 4 Trout River archaeology. Closed September 23 & 24 n Ask about special interpretive programs that bring this period of Phone (709) 920-2051 Distance in Kilometers history alive. NATIONAL PARKS n Visit Saddle Island via a short boat ride to explore the places where UNESCO Red Bay the Basques worked and lived and where some were laid to rest. National Historic Site Besides the historic sites at 8 Port 9 Terra Nova – A place 1 Torngat Mountains – Roving interpreters are available to help interpret the landscape inscribed on the World 5 where long bays of the North Atlantic Ocean A spectacular mountainous wilderness in features and answer your questions. au Choix, L’Anse aux Meadows Heritage List in 2013 4 touch the boreal forest while rocky headlands northern Labrador. For thousands of years it n Walk the Boney Shore Trail to touch the remains of 16th century and Red Bay (see pages 26-28), whales. you may also want to visit: provide shelter from the power of the open has been home to the Inuit and ocean. their predecessors.

While in the area NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES Right Whale Exhibit L’Anse Amour National Historic Site of Battle Harbour Historic District, Selma Barkham Community Centre Canada Once known as the “Salt fish capital of Labrador”, 2 Hopedale Mission – Symbol 11 Castle Hill, Placentia – Features 12 , an island in the Labrador Sea. The actual skeleton of a Greenland right Contemplate thousands of years of this island in the Labrador Sea has restored buildings, of interaction between Labrador the remains of French and English – Home of famous Arctic explorer Passenger ferry service from Mary’s whale is at the centre of an exhibit about human history in Labrador at the site of a wharves and paths that ramble over the hills to whale whale biology and research. 7500-year-old ceremonial burial place of a and iceberg look-outs. Served by regular passenger ferry Inuit and Moravian Missionaries; fortifications from the 17th and 18th Captain Bob Bartlett. The cottage Harbour is available. Maritime Archaic Indian youth from Mary’s Harbour, accommodations and meals are representative of Moravian Mission centuries. is furnished with artefacts and Labrador Straits Museum also provided in historic buildings. architecture in Labrador. memorabilia from Captain Bob's 13 Signal Hill, St. John’s – Located on Route 510 between Forteau 14 – The oldest voyages. Celebrates the rich communications and L’Anse au Loup, the museum Climb to the top of the tallest lighthouse in 10 highlights the recent history of southern and view exhibits about Ryan Premises, Bonavista – surviving lighthouse in and military history of Signal Hill Labrador and the role of the area’s women. the natural and cultural history of the This restored merchant's premises Newfoundland and Labrador. It 3 Battle Harbour Historic and sits amidst a spectacular view Labrador Straits. commemorates the role of the East shows how a lightkeeper and his District – Experience the centuries- of St. John's and the sea. Coast fishery in Canadian history. family would have lived in the mid- old Labrador fishery at this restored 19th century. 19th-century fishing village on

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