This is a list of protected areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.

National parks

Terra Nova National Park Terra Nova National Park is located on the east coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, along several inlets of Bonavista Bay. The park takes its name from the Latin name for Newfoundland; it is also the orig ...

Torngat Mountains National Park Torngat Mountains National Park () is a Canadian national park located on the Labrador Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The park encompasses of mountainous terrain between Northern Quebec and the Labrador Sea. It is the la ...

* Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

Provincial parks

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Environment and Conservation Department, Parks and Natural Areas Division maintains a number of full-use, day use and natural scenic attraction parks, as well as a set of Provincial Park Reserves in both the island and mainland portions of the province. The T'Railway Provincial Park follows the abandoned

Newfoundland Railway The Newfoundland Railway operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of , it was the longest narrow-gauge railway system in North America. Early construction ] In 1880, a committee of the Newfoundland Leg ...

line from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's to

Channel-Port aux Basques Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfo ...

. 14 of the 22 provincial parks provide a variety of day use and camping facilities.

Provincial Park Reserves

The provincial park reserves protect significant natural features or landscapes, and provide no day use or camping facilities. Many of these parks are the remaining landmass of former provincial parks privatized in 1995 or 1997, excluding campground space leased or sold to private operators or closed. *

Bellevue Beach Provincial Park Reserve Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to: Placenames Australia * Bellevue, Western Australia * Bellevue Hill, New South Wales * Bellevue, Queensland * Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales Canada ...

Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to: Placenames Australia * Bellevue, Western Australia * Bellevue Hill, New South Wales * Bellevue, Queensland * Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales Canada ...

Duley Lake Provincial Park Reserve Dulay or Duley is a surname, that may refer to: *Don Dulay (born 1980), Filipino basketball player *Giles Duley (born 1971), British photographer *Larry Dulay Itliong (1913–1977), American labor leader *Margaret Duley (1894–1968), Canadian writ ...

Labrador City Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. With a population of 7,412 as of 2021, it is the second-largest population centre in Labrador, behind Happy Valley-Go ...

Fitzgeralds Pond Provincial Park Reserve Fitzgeralds may refer to: * Fitzgeralds Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Colorado * Fitzgeralds Las Vegas, now The D Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada * Fitzgeralds Reno, now Whitney Peak Hotel, a non gaming hotel in Reno, Nevada * Fitzgeralds Tunica in Tun ...

- Dunville, NL *

Flatwater Pond Provincial Park Reserve Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...

- Baie Verte * Grand Codroy Provincial Park Reserve - Doyles *

Grand Lake Provincial Park Reserve Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and commun ...

- Goose Bay *

Jack's Pond Provincial Park Reserve Jack's Family Restaurants, LP (Trade name, doing business as Jack's) is an American fast food restaurant chain, headquartered and based in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, and is owned by AEA Investors. Restaurants feature sit-down dining, dr ...

Arnold's Cove Arnold's Cove ( 2016 Population 949) is a town on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay. The name is found in population returns of 1836, and may have been ...

* Jipujijkuei Kuespem Provincial Park Reserve - Morrisville *

Jonathan's Pond Provincial Park Reserve Jonathan's (Japanese: ジョナサン) is a restaurant chain in Japan. The chain is a family oriented chain''Nikkei torendi'', publisher: ''Nikkei Hōmu Shuppansha'', published: 2008 that serves both American cuisine and Japanese cuisine. Jonathan' ...

- Gander *

Marine Drive Provincial Park Reserve Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

Pouch Cove Pouch Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The population is 2,063 according to the Canada 2021 Census. It is located on the northeast Avalon Peninsula, 27 kilometres north of St. John's, the province's capital ...

Windmill Bight Provincial Park Reserve A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ...

- Lumsden

Wilderness and Ecological Reserves

These provincial reserves are intended to protect wilderness areas and wildlife habitat. They were created under the terms of the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act (WER Act) of 1980. With the exception of Burnt Cape, Cape St. Mary's, Mistaken Point, and Witless Bay, these areas contain few facilities and provide limited access to the public. * Avalon Wilderness Reserve *

Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve is a wildlife nature preserve, reserve located on an island off the northeastern tip of Bay de Verde Peninsula (part of the Avalon Peninsula) of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland. Baccalieu Island is the large ...

* Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve *

Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve located within the town of Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador, and just northwest of Pistolet Bay Provincial Park. It has a large area of exposed limestone and a naturally harsh climate that permi ...

* Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve * Fortune Head Ecological Reserve * Funk Island Ecological Reserve *

Gannet Islands Ecological Reserve The Gannet Islands Ecological Reserve is a remote wildlife refuge in the Labrador Sea. The Gannet Islands are a group of islands approximately 40 km northeast of Cartwright. The islands are named after the British survey ship HMS ''Gannet'' ...

* Hare Bay Islands Ecological Reserve * Hawke Hill Ecological Reserve * King George IV Ecological Reserve * Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve *

Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is a wilderness area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located at the southeastern tip of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The reserve is home to the namesake ...

* Redfir Lake - Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve * Table Point Ecological Reserve * Watts Point Ecological Reserve * West Brook Ecological Reserve *

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve Witless Bay Ecological Reserve is an ecological preserve close to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve consists of four islands: Gull Island, Green Island, Great Island, and Pee Pee Island. Immense ...

Privatization

Between 1995 and 1997, due to rising debt, the provincial government embarked on a program to reduce expenses in the Parks and Recreation system by privatizing a number of Provincial Parks and Natural and Scenic Attractions. This policy was controversial and was still being referenced negatively in debates in the Provincial House of Assembly as late as 2004. The privatization initiative was intended to retain the level of parks and recreational areas available to residents of and tourists in the province, while reducing the expense to the provincial government. It is unclear how successful this was, as at least of some of the privatized properties were no longer operating as of 2001.

Parks Privatized or Closed (1997)

These parks and natural scenic attractions were privatized or closed in a second privatization initiative in 1997. Provincial Parks: * Backside Pond Provincial Park - Trinity Bay * Beothuck Provincial Park -

Grand Falls-Windsor Grand Falls-Windsor is a town located in the central region of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of 13,853 at the 2021 census. The town is the largest in the central region, the s ...

; privately owned and operating as of 2019. * Catamaran Provincial Park -

Badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by ...

; privately owned and operating as of 2019. *

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- Gambo * Flatwater Pond Provincial Park - Baie Verte * Gushues Pond Provincial Park - Conception Bay; privately owned and operating as of 2019. * Indian River Provincial Park - Springdale; privately run, known as Blue Canoe as of 2020. * Northern Bay Sands - Northern Bay, Conception Bay *

Piccadilly Head Provincial Park Piccadilly () is a road in the City of Westminster, London, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road (England), A4 road that connects central London to Hammersm ...

- Port au Port * River of Ponds Provincial Park -

River of Ponds River of Ponds is a town located northeast of Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador. It became a Local Government Community in 1970 and had a population of 166 in 1956. The Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census reported a population of 173. D ...

* Sop's Arm Provincial Park - White Bay * Square Pond Provincial Park - Gambo; privately owned and operating as of 2011. Natural and Scenic Attractions: * Eastport North -

Glovertown Glovertown is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Alexander Bay. History Originally, Glovertown was called Bloody Bay. That name dated back to the 18th century and supposedly it ref ...

* Middle Cove - St. John's * Pearson's Peak - Grand Falls-Windsor * Point au Mal - Stephenville * Point la Haye -

Trepassey Trepassey () is a small fishing community located in Trepassey Bay on the south eastern corner of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was in Trepassey Harbour where the flight of the ''Friendship'' took off, with Amelia Earhart ...

* Salmon Cove Sands - Salmon Cove, Conception Bay * Topsail Beach - St. John's

Parks Privatized or Closed (1995)

These 29 parks were apparently privatized or closed in an initial privatization initiative in 1995. Provincial Parks: * Blue Ponds Provincial Park - Corner Brook; privately owned and operating as an RV park as of 2013. *

Cochrane Pond Provincial Park Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...

- St. John's; privately owned and operating as of 2013. * Crabbes River Provincial Park - Crabbes River; privately owned and operating as an RV park as of 2013. * Freshwater Pond Provincial Park -

Marystown Marystown is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of around 5,000. Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was larg ...

* Holyrood Pond Provincial Park - St. Mary's Bay * Jipujijkuek Kuespem Provincial Park (formerly Little River Provincial Park) - Morrisville * Mary March Provincial Park - Buchans * Mummichog Provincial Park - Channel-Port aux Basques *

Pipers Hole River Provincial Park Pipers Hole River Provincial Park was a provincial park situated near Swift Current, Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territ ...

- Swift Current; known to be abandoned by 2008. Natural and Scenic Attractions and Outdoor Recreation Parks: * Aspen Brook Provincial Park -

* Black Bank Provincial Park - Barachois Brook * Bottle Cove Provincial Park - Corner Brook * Dog Bay Pond Provincial Park - Summerford * Father Duffy's Well Provincial Park - Salmonier * Glenwood Provincial Park - Gander * French Islands Provincial Park - Burin * Indian Cove Neck Provincial Park -

Lewisporte Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the r ...

* Jiggin' Head Provincial Park - Summerville * Maberly Provincial Park - Bonavista * Northeast Arm Provincial Park -

* Otter Bay Provincial Park -

* Pasadena Beach Provincial Park -

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* Pearson's Peak Provincial Park -

* Rattle Falls Provincial Park - Summerville * Smith Sound Provincial Park -

Clarenville Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random ...

* South West Pond Provincial Park - Salmonier * Stag Lake Provincial Park - Corner Brook * Thorburn Lake Provincial Park -

* Three Mile Lake Provincial Park -

Port au Choix Port au Choix or Port aux Choix (, ; from misanalyzed to mean 'choice port', from eu, Portutxoa , meaning 'little port') is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducte ...

References

External links

* Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Parks & Natural Areas Division
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Protected Areas Of Newfoundland And Labrador *

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

Protected areas Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...