Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, and Parks Canada Policies

• Published in: Environmental Conservation
• Main Author: Crabb, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Pollution; Water Science and Technology; Canada; Gros Morne National Park; Sally's Cove; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900028150; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0376892900028150

Gros Morne, one of Canada's newer national parks, covers over 1,900 km 2 of exceptionally scenic country on the west coast of Newfoundland. However, the Park was initiated by the provincial government mainly for economic reasons rather than for the value of its natural heritage—particularly to...