Wildlife

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The Island of Newfoundland is a sportsman's and ecologist's haven:

• salmon fishing with a run of upwards to 20,000 fish in some rivers
  
  
• fourteen species of whale that summer near Newfoundland
  
  
• 120,000 moose
  
  
• 80,000 woodland caribou
  
  
• many species of birds including 12,000 breeding pair of eider ducks, 95% of North America's puffin, and many more colorful birds.
  
  
• Arctic Hares are native to Newfoundland, but Snowshoe Hares were introduced from Nova Scotia in 1864 and 1876
  
  
• The Newfoundland Timber or Grey Wolf became extinct on the island in the 1930s; however, there are arctic wolves.
  
  
• The coyote arrived in the winter of 1985 by traveling across heavy ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  
  
• there are no snakes, skunks, deer, porcupines or groundhogs on the island of Newfoundland; to Debbie's dismay, there are frogs
  
  
• Chipmunks were introduced to Newfoundland from Nova Scotia in 1962 and 1964, and today they are plentiful in the Codroy Valley
  
  
• For those with allergies, there is no ragweed pollen on the island
  
  
• 600,000 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are available to give friendly smiles and tell tales or give information
  
  

The list at the left depict photos of wildlife and some tame-life we have taken on the Island. There are also two pages of photos of beautiful butterflies on our pages for Bowring Park.