Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced a $10 million federal infrastructure investment to fully renew the Gros Morne National Park Visitor Centre. As part of the announcement, the completion of over $4 million in visitor facility improvement projects in the national park was also celebrated.
The Gros Morne National Park Visitor Centre is one of the main visitor hubs in the national park, providing welcome to tens of thousands of visitors annually from around the globe to this UNESCO World Heritage Site. The investment will support a major renovation and expansion of the facility, resulting in improved visitor experiences, new interpretive designs, and expanded and accessible infrastructure. The Visitor Centre is one of the last major pieces of infrastructure in Gros Morne National Park to be revitalized as part of the Government of Canada’s federal infrastructure investments in Parks Canada administer places.
Parks Canada has also completed, or is nearing completion on, significant improvements to several other visitor facilities for the national park. This includes the completion of work to revitalize three of the park’s most iconic trails: Gros Morne Mountain Trail, Green Gardens, and The Lookout. Work to upgrade the services at all of its campgrounds is being completed this year, including the upgraded Lomond Campground and Day-use area and wharf, with newly renovated kitchen shelter, showers and washrooms. Similar work will be ongoing throughout this season at the Trout River Campground. New semi-serviced sites (water and electrical hookups) are available at the Shallow Bay Campground. Work was completed previously at the park’s other two campgrounds, Green Point and Berry Hill.
Investments in visitor infrastructure – such as trails, visitor centres and campgrounds, as well as highways and bridges – will ensure the quality and reliability of visitor facilities and continue to allow Canadians to connect with nature.