Trout River is a small rural fishing town located on the southern coastal edge of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, near the Tablelands. Trout River was settled in 1815 by George Crocker and his family, who were its only inhabitants until 1880.[1][2][3] The community is served by Route 431.
This town is known for its sunsets over the water and boardwalk. It has many small hiking trails to take in and one of Gros Morne's longest hiking trails, 14 km return, The Trout River Pond Trail.
There is a large natural tower of rock, a sea stack, just south of the town.[4]
In 2014, a blue whale carcass washed up along the shore in Trout River which attracted international attention.[5] The skeleton of this whale was later put on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.[6]
There are many other attractions in the small town like the elephant head mountain, many hiking trails and a sea stack referred to as the old man.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trout River had a population of 508 living in 210 of its 275 total private dwellings, a change of -8% from its 2016 population of 552. With a land area of 5.83 km2 (2.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 87.1/km2 (225.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
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Jim Cornish. "Natural History of Newfoundland and Labrador: Geological Formation"(PDF). k12.nf.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2017. Today, there are many places along the coast of Newfoundland where beaches and sea stacks, like the one at Trout River in Gros Morne National Park pictured above, are 20 to 100 metres above present sea level.
