Things to do in Gros Morne National Park
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Earle's Video & Convenience
Earle is an institution in Rocky Harbour. Besides selling groceries and renting videos, he has great ice cream, pizza, moose burgers and traditional Newfoundland fare that you can chomp on the patio.
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Broom Point Fishing Camp
This restored fishing camp sits a short distance north of Western Brook Pond. The three Mudge brothers and their families fished here from 1941 until 1975, when they sold the entire camp, including boats, lobster traps and nets, to the national park. Everything has been restored; it's staffed by guides.
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Bon Tours
Bon runs the phenomenal Western Brook Pond boat tour at 10am, 1pm and 4pm. The dock is a 3km walk from Rte 430 via the easy Western Brook Pond Trail. If you haven't purchased a park pass, you must do so before embarking. It's best to buy tickets ahead of time at Bon's office in the Ocean View Hotel, though you can also do so at the boat dock (where it's cash only). It's about a 25-minute drive from Bon's office to the trailhead.
Bon also runs Bonne Bay boat tours departing from Norris Point wharf, as well as a water taxi ($12 round-trip, foot passengers and bikes only) from Norris Point to Woody Point.
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Bonne Bay Marine Station
At the wharf in Norris Point is the Bonne Bay Marine Station, a research facility that's part of Memorial University. Every half-hour there are interactive tours, and the aquariums display the marine ecological habitats in Bonne Bay. For children, there are touch tanks and a rare blue lobster lurking around.
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Western Brook Pond
Park your car in the lot off the highway, then take the 3km flat, easy path inland to Western Brook Pond. 'Pond' is a misnomer, since the body of water is huge. Many people also call it a fjord, which is technically incorrect, since it's freshwater versus saltwater. Here's the thing everyone agrees on: it's flat-out stunning. Western Brook's sheer 700m cliffs plunge to the blue abyss and dramatically snake into the mountains. The best way to experience it is on a boat tour.
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The Arches
These scenic arched rocks on Rte 430 north of Parsons Pond are formed by pounding waves and worth a look-see.
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Tablelands
Dominating the southwest corner of the park are the unconquerable and eerie Tablelands. This massive flat-topped massif was part of the earth's mantle before tectonics raised it from the depths and planted it squarely on the continent. Its rock is so unusual that plants can't even grow on it. You can view the barren golden phenomenon up close on Rte 431, or catch it from a distance at the stunning photography lookout above Norris Point. West of the Tablelands, dramatic volcanic sea stacks and caves mark the coast at Green Gardens.
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SS Ethie
Follow the sign off the highway to where waves batter the rusty and tangled remains of the SS Ethie. The story of this 1919 wreck, and the subsequent rescue, was inspiration for a famous folk song.
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Shallow Bay
The gentle, safe, sand-duned beach at Shallow Bay seems out of place, as if transported from the Caribbean by some bizarre current. The water, though, provides a chilling dose of reality, rarely getting above 15°C.
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Old Loft Restaurant
Set on the water in Woody Point, this tiny place is popular for its traditional Newfoundland meals and seafood.
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Long Range Adventures
Another multi-adventure outfitter offering daily guided sea kayaking (2½-hour tour $55), hiking and mountain-bike tours, plus winter activities. Locally owned Long Range also runs Gros Morne Hostel/Island Traveller Tours, a budget sister company with excursions taking in Twillingate and St John's from Deer Lake (three-day tour from $279) and others that continue on through the Northern Peninsula (seven-day tour from $749).
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Lighthouse Restaurant
The ladies at this diner cook up a storm out back and deliver Gros Morne's best fish and chips, cod tongues and other Newfie dishes, along with cold beer.
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Java Jack's
Art-filled Jack's provides Gros Morne's best coffees, wraps and soups by day. By night, the upstairs dining room fills hungry, post-hike bellies with fine seafood, caribou and vegetarian fare. Greens come fresh from the property's organic garden.
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Gros Morne Adventures
It offers daily guided sea kayak tours (two/three hours $50/60) in Bonne Bay, plus full-day and multiday kayak trips and hiking, skiing and snowshoeing tours. Check the website for many additional options.
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