Gros Morne National Park is the prettiest place in Canada according to Lonely Planet.
The small zodiac boat pulls up on the beach of isolated Stores Cove, looking up at the Long Range Mountains (Mekapisk in the Mi’kmaw language.) Its passengers are here to see Gros Morne, the spectacular World Heritage Site on Newfoundland’s western coast renowned for its rare glimpse of continental drift. They want to discover Mekapisk through the eyes of Gros Morne’s Indigenous people.
Instead of Hawaii, Utah or Arizona consider Western Newfoundland. No, really! Western Newfoundland ticks off so many boxes. It delivers breathtaking natural beauty without the crowds, there’s iceberg viewing, whale watching and rich history all without border hassles.
