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For the adventurer seeking a wilderness experience, Gros Morne National Park offers unspoiled wilderness hiking, backpacking and kayaking opportunities.
Boat tours transport visitors near the towering cliffs of a freshwater fiord carved by glaciers. The park is also home to waterfalls, marine inlets, sea stacks, sandy beaches, and colorful fishing villages.
Beyond its awe-inspiring scenic beauty, Gros Morne boasts an incredible biotic richness and unique geologic features.
The park is dominated by two distinctly different landscapes, a coastal lowland bordering the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the alpine plateau of the Long Range Mountains, which rise 2,240 feet from the relatively flat coastal lowlands.
Wildlife in the park includes a unique mixture of temperate, boreal and arctic species. It is not unusual to see a familiar species and then discover its arctic counterpart nearby.
Climb Gros Morne Mountain and see snowshoe hare on the lowlands and arctic hare at the summit. In park ponds, brook trout and arctic char co-exist, and in spring expect to see the pinks of typical rhododendrons such as rhodora (Rhododendron canadense) living close to its dwarfed arctic counterpart, the Lapland rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum).
No less fascinating than this incredible array of life is the geologic legacy that contributes to the park's scenery. The rocks reveal centuries of geologic turmoil when old oceans disappeared and continents took shape. These unique geological features have provided many insights into tectonics, the study of the crust of planets.
In addition to hiking, cross-country skiing and wildlife watching, Gros Morne offers fascinating paddling destinations. However, wind and weather conditions can change quickly and pose major problems for the inexperienced paddler.
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The Lomond Campground.
Gros Morne National Park offers wilderness hiking, backpacking and kayaking opportunities.
Lookout Hills Trail.
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