It was a bit sad to leave Mt. Carlton Provincial Park with its beautiful lake but Grand Falls was waiting. The roads were pretty good and we arrived around lunchtime at the impressive information center. Here we learned of the formation of Appalachians and in particular, the change in flow of the St. John’s River over the last 20,000 years.

The gorge is quite wide, but the water flow is fairly small because of a nearby hydroelectric plant. The tree line along the gorge shows how high the water gets in the spring.

We walked a trail along the gorge but skipped the 401 step decent down to the water because of the humidity and chance of rain. The trail had several lookout points including some in the city campground. We looked at this cute campground with mature trees and enquired whether there was still a site available for the evening. Again we were lucky and got the last one with hookup. As we were doing laundry we saw a number of trailers and campers show up looking for space and they were offered overflow spots without services.