The Gros Morne National Park Reserve. located on the west coast of insular Newfoundland, Canada, was established in 1973 and designated as a National Park in 2005. Gros Morne National Park of Canada was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The area is 1,805 sq km (697 sq mi).
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. The geology of the park illustrates the concept of plate tectonics.
Maritime Archaic Indians who crossed over from Labrador first settled this land some 5,000 years ago. The Palaeo-Eskimos, who came later, specialized in hunting marine mammals and intensely used whatever resources were abundant.
There was Indian occupation of Newfoundland since the end of the Palaeo-Eskimo period, but it is not well represented in the archaeological record of the park.
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We would like to thank the staffs at Gros Morne National Park and Parks Canada for providing information for this page.
See also: National Parks of Canada.
(This page was updated in November 2012.)
