The view down Western Brook Pond. Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland - Canada. (18.07.04)

 
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Lying off the East Coast of Canada, Newfoundland is the worlds sixteenth Largest island, but is sparsely populated, with just under half a million people living there. On the west coast is Gros Morne National Park, also designated at a UNESCO World Heritage site. The geography of the park includes Large fiord like lakes which are the most spectacular scenery in the park. It also claims to have the best hiking trail in the 'Long Range Traverse' east of the Rocky Mountains.

Photographs from one visit.

In July 2004 we flew to Canada, to spend three weeks in Newfoundland. Starting from St Johns we headed to Gros Morne National Park and hiked the Long Range Mountains and then Tablelands. We finished the trip by travelling up the Viking Trail to visit L'Anse aux Meadows, where the Vikings discovered the American Continent centuries before the Europeans.

Signal Hill provides a superb vantage point over St Johns. (13.07.04)
The St Johns water front. (13.07.04)
Not much traffic for hitching on the Viking Trail. (15.07.04)
Time for a quick break at Snug Cove. (17.07.04)
Leaving the beach at Snug Cove, heading up on to the North Rim. (17.07.04) Photo - Alan Condron.
First breakfast in the Long Range Mountains. (18.07.04)
Lost in the Tuckamore. Miles and miles of dwarf trees. (18.07.04) Photo - Alan Condron.
The snow helps keep off the vicious blackflies! (18.07.04)
The snow remains on the lakes late in the year at this latitude. (18.07.04)
The trip highlight above Western Brook Pond. (18.07.04)
Lakeside camping at Marks Pond (19.07.04)
Survival Bag shelter keeping the rain off at Fern Gulch. (20.07.04)
The bears won't be having any of our food. (21.07.04)
On the long climb up to Tablelands. (22.07.04)
Tablelands, the toxic rock prevents plants from growing here. (22.07.04) Photo - Alan Condron.
Needy Harbour at Norris Point. (22.07.04) Photo - Alan Condron.
The lonely North West coast of Newfoundland. (25.07.04)
The North Coast of Newfoundland at L'Anse aux Meadows. (26.07.04) Photo - Alan Condron.