m o n t h 2 0 0 9 Gros Morne national park of canada Management Plan ii © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Library and Archives Canada Canada, represented by the Chief Cataloguing in Publication Executive Officer of Parks Canada, 2009. Parks Canada Gros Morne National Park of Canada: Cette publication est aussi disponible Management Plan / Parks Canada en français. Issued also in French under title: For more information about the Park Parc national du Canada du Gros-Morne : Management Plan or about Gros Morne Plan directeur / Parcs Canada National Park of Canada: ISBN 0-662-44613-5 Gros Morne National Park of Canada CAT. NO. R64-105/67-2006E PO Box 130 Rocky Harbour, NL A0K 4N0 1. Gros Morne National Park (NL) Canada – Management. 2. Historic sites – Canada TEL: 709-458-2417 – Management. FAX: 709-458-2059 3. Historic sites – Newfoundland and E-MAIL:
[email protected] Labrador – Management. www.pc.gc.ca 4. National parks and reserves – Canada – Management. 5. National parks and reserves – Newfoundland and Labrador – Management. I. Parks Canada. Atlantic Service Centre II. Title. FC2164.G76P37 2006 971.8 C2006-980303-X Front Cover Image Credits: BACKGROUND IMAGE: Birds Eye View of Gros Morne, Parks Canada INSET IMAGES: TOP: Green Point Interp Walk, Sheldon Stone; Arctic Hare, Roger Eddy, Parks Canada MIDDLE: Gros Morne Discovery Centre, Michael Burzynski BOTTOM: Western Brook, Francine Mercier; Shallow Bay, Francine Mercier Gros Morne National Park of Canada iii Management Plan Foreword Canada’s national historic sites, national parks and national marine conservation areas offer Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast unique opportunities to experience and understand our wonderful country.