Green Gardens Trail through the forest in Gros Morne National Park.

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Newfoundland & Labrador

They call Newfoundland 'the Rock', a fitting name, as this is an island of thoroughly elemental attractions and aesthetics. The muskeg and cliffs are barren and salt-drenched. The trees give off the smell of spruce like the air was spiced. The ocean roils, flecked with icebergs and spouting whales. The wind roars, and at any time, a storm may scream across the bights and coves.

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    Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Designated a World Heritage site in 2016, this ecological reserve protects 575-million-year-old multicelled marine fossils – the oldest in the world. The…

  • Torngat Mountains National Park in Newfoundland, Canada

    Torngat Mountains National Park

    Labrador

    Named from the Inuktitut word torngait (place of spirits), this national park is the ancestral home of Inuit and their predecessors. Its spectacular…

  • The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland; Shutterstock ID 104994617; purchase_order: 65050; job: ; client: ; other: 104994617

    Gros Morne National Park

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    A must-see for visitors to Newfoundland, this 1800-sq km coastal park and Unesco World Heritage Site features dramatic mountains, fjords, beaches, bogs…

  • Signal Hill National Historic Site

    Signal Hill National Historic Site

    St John's

    The city's most famous landmark is worth it for the glorious view alone, though there's much more to see. The tiny castle atop the hill is Cabot Tower,…

  • Norse sod hut at L.#8217;Anse aux Meadows, Newfoun

    L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Leif Erikson and his Viking friends lived here circa 1000. Visitors can see the remains of their waterside settlement: eight wood-and-sod buildings, now…

  • French Shore Interpretation Centre

    French Shore Interpretation Centre

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    This tiny museum houses the French Shore Tapestry, one of the most stunning works of folk art in the province, if not all of Canada. This 66m-long…

  • The Rooms

    The Rooms

    St John's

    Not many museums offer the chance to see a giant squid, hear avant-garde sound sculptures and peruse ancient weaponry all under one roof. But that's The…

  • Cape Spear Lighthouse

    Cape Spear Lighthouse

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Constructed in 1835, the oldest surviving lighthouse in the province sits on the dramatic headlands of the continent's most easterly point. The wind here…

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