Hanging Valleys and Moose warnings

All of the island of Newfoundland was covered with glaciers, some a mile thick, nine thousand years ago. This profoundly changed the terrain in many ways. Hanging valleys, caused when the main valley floor is eroded rapidly by a large glacier, are everywhere. The hills are sprinkled with boulders, some car-sized, that were left when the glaciers melted. The soil has been scrubbed from the land, leaving little more than rock, so vegetation in many places is sparse or stunted. There is a stark beauty to the forests and rock.