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Comfort Inn Corner Brook
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Gros Morne National Park
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Gros Morne National Park is located on the west coast of Newfoundland. At 1,805 km² (697 sq. mi.), it is the second largest national park in Atlantic Canada (surpassed by Torngat Mountains National Park's 9,600 km²).
The park takes its name from Newfoundland's second-highest mountain peak (at 2,644 feet (806 m)) located within the park. Its French meaning is "large mountain standing alone," or more literally "great sombre." Gros Morne is a member of the Long Range Mountains, an outlying range of the Appalachian Mountains, stretching the length of the island's west coast. It is the worn-down remnants of a mountain range formed 1.2 billion years ago.
Along the coast are forests of stunted and twisted spruce and balsam fir trees, known locally as "tuckamores," battered by storms and winds blowing from the sea.
Wildlife in the park includes lynx, black bear, caribou, arctic hare, marten and a booming population of introduced moose. The coastal region supports whales and sea ducks including the Harlequin Duck.
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