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Fjord Like

The geographic definition of a “fjord” is  "a long, deep and narrow sea inlet where the shoreline cuts into the mainland and fills with sea water. The cliffs are high and steep having been cut by glacier action".

It must be longer than it is wide or it is called a bay.

Welcome to West Brook Pond, a pretty fjord like body of water located at the north end of Gros Morne National Park.

We are booked for a boat tour on the West Brook I for a 90 minute tour of this stunningly beautiful fake fjord.

It has all the attributes of a real fjord except  one thing. West Brook Pond is a landlocked freshwater body of water. The Newfoundland Dictionary of English describes a "pond" as "a natural body of still water of any size". Hence its name West Brook Pond.

It is fjord like. It had been carved by ancient glaciers. It is 16 kilometres in length but less then a kilometre wide and 166 metres deep. It was claimed by the boat captain that some of the cliffs are taller than the CN Tower which has a height of 553 metres.

It has a stunning hanging water fall.

Just one waterfall of many.

The trip is not a simple one, it required a three kilometre stroll on a well maintained path to get to the boat launch but worth every step. We had made the round trip twice. We had booked the morning tour the previous day but it was cancelled due to a thick fog that the weatherman promised would be gone by departure time. But only after we had walked the three kilometres in during a pretty good rainfall did we find out it was cancelled. 

As you can see from the pictures the second trip was the charm. 

Sun was shining, no wind so the pond was placid and calm. I suffer from kinetosis and wind and boats are not my friend.