Western Brook Pond gap
Watercolour and oil
pastel
©2019 Charlene Brown
Early in the morning of our first full day in Gros Morne National
Park we hiked 3km in from the coastal highway to the west end of Western Brook
Pond, planning to board a boat for the trip to the end of the fjord 15 km
inland for this iconic view.
After
waiting a couple of hours for the clouds to lift, during which the view of the mountains
didn’t vary much from what you see on the right, the boat trip was
cancelled.
The next day, however, as we
drove by on our way north to L’Anse aux Meadows, there they were – the near
vertical cliffs framing the gap in the 800-metre high plateau of the Long Range
Mountains, with a dusting of fresh snow, as shown in the painting above.
This plateau is actually the most northern section of the Appalachian Mountains. Who knew there was a fjord in the Appalachians?
This plateau is actually the most northern section of the Appalachian Mountains. Who knew there was a fjord in the Appalachians?
