discovering canada
Newfoundland's West Coast
Canada’s eastern and western coastlines couldn’t be any more different.
While Canada’s tallest trees thrive in the warm, humid, green rainforests
of British Columbia’s west coast, Newfoundland’s coast is a sparsely vegetated,
rocky coastline where inclement weather is more often the norm. “The
Rock,” as Newfoundland is affectionately called, refers to the fact that much of
its topsoil was scraped off by glaciers and deposited on the Grand Banks off the
southeast coast of the island, exposing the bedrock below. This is most apparent
on the coastline but also in places like the summit of Gros Morne, Newfoundland’s
second highest point at 806 m. Nevertheless, Newfoundland offers a stark
beauty that visitors often cherish and makes it one of the most interesting places
to visit in Canada ...
By Mike Grandmaison
Contributing Editor
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BIO
Following a 20 year career in the biological sciences, Mike Grandmaison shifted his
focus to become a full time professional photographer in 1996 devoting his time
more or less evenly between stock and assignment photography. He shoots for a
broad range of corporate and editorial clients, in fields ranging from agriculture to
architecture and from forest to factory. Mike' s passion for photography, particularly
his ability to capture the intimate details of thnatural world, has won him numerous
commissions from clients across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. His images have
been published worldwide by National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, Geo,
Audubon, Sierra, Ford, Loblaws, Canadian Gardening, Canada Post, Canadian
Wheat Board, Investor's Group, Merrill Lynch, CN, Nature's Best and the
Smithsonian Institute to mention a few. His fine art prints of the natural world adorn
offices of corporations, businesses and homes across the country and abroad. Mike
also contributed to four postage stamp projects and his images appear in countless
calendars and books each year. His coffee table book "CANADA" became a
national bestseller early on and his latest book on the Canadian Rockies will be
released in April. Mike is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photography Canada
magazine and lives in "balmy" Winnipeg.
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