Gros Morne National Park

[Marcboston]

Has anyone been up to Gros Morne National Park?  It looks like the Yosemite Valley of the East.  There really is not too much information about this place,  I can assume that is the case because Newfoundland is off most people’s radar.  That whole island does look so beautiful though.  I heard there is a great hike that highlights much of the park and it is not a day hike.  Just curious is any ENTS or WNTS members have trekked Newfoundland.

[edfrank]

Marc,

If you visit I would be interested in reading a report of the park.  One former member, Randy Cyr, posted a couple of photos from the park as part of a Atlantic Maritime sequence

http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/canada/new_brunswick/cyr2/canadian_atlantic_maritime.htm

but did not really have any descriptions to accompany the images.  For others interested in the park, the Parks Canada website

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2oENraZknY[/youtube]

http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/index.aspx has some descriptions of Gros Morne National Park.

Here are a few other links:

http://www.grosmorne.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Morne_National_Park

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/419

Ed Frank

[Will Blozan]

Ed,
I have been to Gros Morne NP (ca. 1986) and hiked a good bit. I was most impressed with absolutely ANCIENT and enormous white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). I did not have a measuring tape but one tree took three arm spans which would be close to 19 feet dbh. However, I do not recall if it was a single trunk or multi-stemmed, but many were 3-4 foot diameter single stems. Up above treeline were some magnificent common juniper mats that could be super-old. It is a magical place well worth an ENTS visit.

Will

[Marcboston]

Will do you have any photos from that trek?  That place has been on my radar for sometime.

[RyanLeClair]

I really want to go to The Rock someday. If I do, I'll take some pics for sure.

[jamesrobertsmith]

It has been on my bucket list for some time. National Geographic Magazine did a pictorial on it back in the day. I think that was my first exposure to the Park. You should probably be able to find out some stuff about it by doing a search through their files. You're right though, there's not a tremendous amount of useful information on that park online. The official Canada National Parks site leaves a lot to be desired.