This park is also a World Heritage Site located on the western edge of Newfoundland. A large park, it offers magnificent scenery and outdoor activities. A major feature of the park is Western Brook Pond, a fresh water fjord created by glaciers and surrounded by remnants of the Appalachian Mountains formed 1.2 billion years ago. Boat tours here are among the most popular activities in the park. To reach the tour, one must walk nearly two miles each way and pay a fee (currently $72 Cdn), but the two-hour tour is worth it. Cliffs are up to 2000 feet high and waterfalls abound, including the very tall Pissing Mare Falls at 1125 feet.
The park is home to an abundance of wildlife, but we only saw moose and one friendly fox, which probably wanted food as it approached us. Much as I was tempted to feed it, I knew that would be the wrong thing to do. One moose turned to visually inspect us, while the other headed into the woods.
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