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Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Western Brook Pond is one of those fjords I mentioned in the last caption - or, rather, several millennia ago it was. At the end of the last Ice Age the pond was an outlet to the Gulf of St. Lawrence that had been scoured out of the side of the Long Range Mountains by a retreating glacier, but when the ice had fully melted and its immense weight was no longer tamping down the land at what is today the shoreline, the rock rebounded back upwards and cut the fjord off from the sea, leaving Western Brook Pond as a landlocked lake 10 miles (16km) in length. The mountains are still there, though - they surround the pond with sheer walls of rock 2,000 feet (600m) high over which some of the highest waterfalls in Eastern North America tumble. This awe-inspiring setting is a big part of the reason why the boat cruises on the lake - on which I was preparing to embark as I took this photo - are one of the most popular tourist activities at Gros Morne National Park. Every year between June and September, Bontours runs two or three two-hour narrated tours every day from its dock at the west end of the pond. The Westbrook III, the boat I rode, is at left in this photo. Parc national du Gros-Morne, Terre-Neuve. L'étang Western Brook est l'un de ces fiords que j'ai mentionné lors de la dernière légende - ou, plutôt, il l'était il y a plusieurs millénaires. À la fin de la dernière période glaciaire l'étang était une sortie au golfe du Saint-Laurent qui avait été grattée du côté des montagnes Long Range par un glacier en recul, mais quand la glace était complètement fondue et son immense poids ne compactait plus la terre à ce qui est aujourd'hui le rivage, la roche a rebondi vers le haut encore et a coupé le fiord de la mer, qui a rendu l'étang Western Brook un lac sans littoral à 16 kilomètres de longueur. Mais les montagnes existent encore - elles entourent l'étang avec des parois rocheuses escarpées de 600 mètres de hautque, sur lesquelles quelques-unes des cascades les plus hautes cascades de l'est de l'Amérique du Nord plongent. Ce cadre grandiose est une grande partie de la raison pour laquelle les croisières sur le lac - sur l'une desquelles je me préparais à embarquer alors que j'ai pris cette photo - sont l'une des activités touristiques les plus populaires au parc national du Gros-Morne. Chaque an, entre juin et septembre, Bontours gère deux ou trois visites commentées à deux heures de durér chaque jour qui partent à son quai au bout ouest de l'étang. Le Westbrook III, le bateau que moi je suis monté, se trouve à gauche sur cette photo. Parque Nacional Gros Morne, Terranova. El Estanque Western Brook es uno de esos fiordos que mencioné en la última leyenda - o, más bien, lo era hace varios milenios. Al final de la última glaciación el estanque era una salida al Golfo de San Lorenzo que se había raspado del lado de las Montañas Long Range por un glaciar en retirada, pero cuando el hielo se había derretido por completo y su inmenso peso ya no compactaba la tierra que hoy en día es la orilla, la piedra rebotó hacia arriba de nuevo y separó el fiordo del mar, dejando el Estanque Western Brook un lago sin salida al mar de 16 kilómetros de longitud. Las montañas todavia existen, sin embargo - rodean el estanque con paredes rocosas escarpadas de 600 metros de altura, sobre que algunas de las cascadas más altas del este de América del Norte caen. Este escenario imponente es una gran parte de la razón por qué los cruceros sobre el lago - en uno de los cuales me estaba preparando para embarcar cuando tomé esta foto - son una de las actividades turísticas más populares en el Parque Nacional Gros Morne. Cada año entre junio y septiembre, Bontours gestiona dos o tres recorridos narrados de dos horas de duración todos los días, que salen de su muelle en el extremo oeste del estanque. El Westbrook III, el barco que yo monté, está a la izquierda en esta foto. |
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Author | André Carrotflower |
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