Canadian Applachians
More than 200 million years ago, continental drift sent Africa sliding into North America with a slow crunch. The ensuing curl and crush drove continental plates skyward, leaving the Appalachian mountain range in its wake, including the Long Range Mountains of Western Newfoundland.
Today, hikers are able to trek along much of this mountainous spine, from Georgia in the south to the northern lip of the Island of Newfoundland.
And in June 2009 the International Appalachian Trail (IATNL) will cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Appalachians of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
When complete, the Newfoundland section of trail will stretch 1.200 km from Port aux Basques in the south to l.'Anse aux Meadows in the north.
Indian Lookout Trail, the first official section of the IATNL, begins near the end of Five Mile Road - located just south of the Arches Provincial Park between Parsons Pond and Portland Creek. It climbs 2,000 feet over the Flat Hills, makes a loop around the Southwest Feeder Gulch, then returns to Five Mile Road.
Along the way, hikers can view spectacular waterfalls - one of which is more than 1.000 feet high - scenic Portland Creek Inner Pond, as well as moose, caribou, Arctic hare and rock ptarmigan.
During the summer of 2009, the IATNL will continue development of the Devil's Bite Trail east of Parsons Pond, as well as the Conche to Croque Trail on the eastern side of the Northern Peninsula, and the Blow Me Down Mountain and Lewis Hills trails between Stephenville and Corner Brook
You can visit their website at http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/intrd/0416n05.htm
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