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Use the following lists to find resources published by the Parks and Natural Areas Division.

• Brochures
• Fact Sheets
• User Guides
• Management Plans
• Posters
• Books
• Maps
• Other

Brochures

General Guidebooks

• Parks and Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador ("Experience") (3.44 MB)
• A Guide to our Wilderness and Ecological Reserves, Newfoundland and Labrador (2.66 MB)

Ecoregion Brochures

• Kindly supplied by Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Ecoregions of Newfoundland and Labrador (757 KB)
  • Understanding and Protecting our Natural Heritage (1.4 MB)

Note: all links below are PDFs and will open in a new window.

Newfoundland

• Western Newfoundland Forest - Serpentine Range subregion 1A (807 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest - Corner Brook subregion 1B (928 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest - Port au Port subregion 1C (881 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest - St. George's Bay subregion 1D (744 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest - Codroy subregion 1E (787 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest - Bay d'Espoir subregion 1F (846 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest - North-central subregion 2A (872 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest - Red Indian Lake subregion 2B (977 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest - Portage Pond subregion 2C (902 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest - Twillick Steady subregion 2D (898 KB)
• North Shore Forest 3 (931 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest - Coastal Plain subregion 4A (889 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest - Beaver Brook Limestone subregion 4B (997 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest - Northern Coastal subregion 4C (863 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest - Eastern Long Range subregion 4D (887 KB)
• Avalon Forest 5 (1.0 MB)
• Maritime Barrens - Northeastern Barrens subregion 6A (876 KB)
• Maritime Barrens - Southeastern Barrens subregion 6B (1.1 MB)
• Maritime Barrens - South Coast Barrens subregion 6C (1.0 MB)
• Maritime Barrens - Central Barrens subregion 6D (986 KB)
• Eastern Hyper - Oceanic Barrens 7 (862 KB)
• Long Range Barrens - Southern Long Range subregion 8A (1.0 MB)
• Long Range Barrens - Buchans Plateau/Topsails subregion 8B (1.0 MB)
• Long Range Barrens - Northern Long Range subregion 8C (783 KB)
• Strait of Belle Isle Barrens 9 (761 KB)

Labrador

• Low Arctic Tundra - Cape Chidley ecoregion 1 (839 KB)
• Alpine Tundra - Torngat ecoregion 2 (733 KB)
• High Subarctic Tundra - Kingurutik/Fraser ecoregion 3 (794 KB)
• Coastal Barrens - Okak/Battle Harbour ecoregion 4 (681 KB)
• Mid Subarctic Forest - Michakamau ecoregion 5 (729 KB)
• High Boreal Forest - Lake Melville ecoregion 6 (957 KB)
• Mid Boreal Forest - Paradise River ecoregion 7 (751 KB)
• Low Subarctic Forest - Mecatina River ecoregion 8 (816 KB)
• String Bog - Eagle River Plateau ecoregion 9 (762 KB)
• Forteau Barrens ecoregion 10 (637 KB)

Natural Heritage

(Please note that several of these brochures were produced prior to Parks and Natural Areas Division being transferred to the Department of Environment and Conservation)

• Animal Tracks (866 KB)
• Little Brown Bat (1.25 MB)
• Newfoundland Sky in Summer (775 KB)
• Our Feathered Friends (968 KB)
• Peatland Flowers (799 KB)
• Special Spaces; Special Species (1.05 MB)
• The endangered Piping plover and its ecosystem (2.04 MB)
• Wild about wildflowers (1.32 MB)
• Woodland Flowers (563 KB)

Reserves

• Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (591 KB)
• Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (616 KB)
• Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (800 KB)
• Caring for Our Special Places: Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Program (2.17 MB)
• Caring for Our Special Places: A Framework for a Protected Areas Strategy (2.25 MB)
• Protecting our Natural Heritage

Rivers

• Bay du Nord River: Canadian Heritage Rivers System
• Discover Adventure on a Canadian Heritage River
• Main River: Introductory brochure (270 KB)
• Main River: Canadian Heritage Rivers System

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Fact Sheets

• Reserve Establishment Process (66.7 KB)
• Protected Areas Statistics
• Types of Protected Areas in Newfoundland and Labrador (8.4 KB)

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User Guides

• User's Guide for the Avalon Wilderness Reserve
• User's Guide for the Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve

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Management Plans

Reserves

• Avalon Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (876 KB)
• Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.72MB)
• Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (3.8 MB)
• Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.29 MB)
• Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve Management Plan (249 KB)
• Fortune Head Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.7 MB)
• Hawke Hill Ecological Reserve Management Plan (989 KB)
• King George IV Ecological Reserve Management Plan (612 KB)
• Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (3.3 MB)
• Redfir Lake-Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve Management Plan (2.15 MB)
• Sandy Cove Ecological Reserve Management Plan (2.2 MB)
• Table Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (864 KB)
• Watts Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.23 MB)
• West Brook Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.30 MB)
• Witless Bay Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.29 MB)

Rivers

• Managing the Bay du Nord River as a Canadian Heritage River (3.8 MB)
• Managing the Main River as a Canadian Heritage River (1.85 MB)

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Posters

• Atlantic Puffin poster (136 KB)
• Canadian Heritage Rivers poster
• Cape St. Mary's poster series by Peter Gough
  1. Harlequin Romance
  2. Approaching Squall
  3. Flight over the Cape
  4. Granite Gannets
• Limestone Barrens poster (510 KB)
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves poster (216 KB)

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Books

• A Guide to the Ecological Reserve Burnt Cape
• A Guide to the Ecological Reserve Cape St. Mary's
• Natural Regions of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Seabird Ecological Reserves Visitor and Scientific Access Policies and Information Manual
• Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland
• Some Newfoundland Birds
• Some Newfoundland Butterflies

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Maps

• 2010 Protected Areas of NL Wall Map (7.7 MB)*
• Ecoregions of Newfoundland and Labrador (760 KB)
• Main River: Canadian Heritage River (995 KB)
• Bay Du Nord Canadian Heritage River Map (1 MB)
• Parks and Natural Areas headquarters location (567 KB)
• Provincial Parks and Reserves Map (474 KB)
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Map (362 KB)
• Avalon Wilderness Reserve Map (697 KB)
• T'Railway Provincial Park
  • T'Railway Bridge Closures - East Coast (360 KB)
  • T'Railway Bridge Closures - West Coast (1.3 MB)

*designed for 42" x 42" printing. Updated February 2, 2010.

Camping Parks

Please note these maps are for illustrative purposes only. The park boundaries may not be accurately portrayed.

• Barachois Pond Campground (192 KB)
• Blow Me Down Campground (55 KB)
• Butter Pot Campground (671 KB)
• Dildo Run Campground (661 KB)
• Frenchman's Cove Campground (547 KB)
• J.T. Cheeseman Campground (810 KB)
• La Manche Campground (91 KB)
• Lockston Path Campground (114 KB)
• Notre Dame Campground (745 KB)
• Pinware River Campground (313 KB)
• Pistolet Bay Campground (41 KB)
• Sandbanks Campground (72 KB)
• Sir Richard Squires Campground (107 KB)

Additional Map Information

Many maps are not available online. Visit these pages to see a listing of appropriate maps for each Reserve or Heritage River.

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Other

• Parks and Natural Areas Division - Statistical Report 2011 (10.6 MB)
• Parks and Natural Areas Division - Statistical Report 2010 (3.7 MB)
• F u n k: Great Auk Graveyard, an audio portrait of Funk Island The Alder Institute
• Bay du Nord River
• Main River

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