Day 5 - cruise on Western Brook Pond (a fjord) in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland

 

Day 5 - ready for the hike to Western Brook Pond.

Hike across terrain in the background to the lake at the base of the mountains - 45 minute hike through forest and over bogs.

Polly and Lauren on boardwalk, surrounded by irises.

Phyllis and Lauren in background. Boardwalk over a bog.

 

 

entering the fjord of Western Brook Pond. The pond is in a glacial valley, cut off from the ocean by the bogs and forest (where we hiked). It is 100 ft above sea level and about 600 ft deep.

 

 

Looking back after entering the fjord from the lake.

the shore at Rocky Harbor, NF (south of Cow Head)

Lobster traps