Today we drove from Port Aux Basques to
Gros Morne National Park. It is so nice out here. To say the views are breathtaking would be an understatement. We are camping at Berry Hill, one of the campgrounds within the park. Gros Morne sits on the West Coast of Newfoundland and the sunsets here are amazing.
The mountains here are older the
Rockies and the Park has been designated by the UN as a World Heritage Site.
Bonne Bay is the saltwater body which the park surrounds and was carved out by glaciers in the last Ice Age. There are parts in the park where you can see the cross section of tectonic plates which have shifted upwards out of the earth. There is a huge diversity of species due to the variety of ecological habitats. In the bay the water can be 22 degrees on the surface and -1 degrees celsius on the ocean floor.
The Park reminds us of the West Coast of Vancouver Island in many ways but is also very unique. On Thursday we will take a boat tour of
Bonne Bay for an up close look at all the park has to offer, and then off to
St. John’s.
Also, ferry reservations have been made and it’s confirmed that we will travel from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on August 7th to Bar Harbour, Maine. From there we will take three days to drive through the States, travelling by Lake Placid, coming up through Niagra Falls to arrive in Toronto on the night of the 10th.
Bonne Bay as seen from a roadside boat launch
Gros Morne Mountain, not that exciting looking considering the Park is named after it, the rest is way cooler
Western Brook Pond
Endless Sunsets
