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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ fade_animation_offset=”45px”][vc_column_text]Table Mountain Massif is the most northerly of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Massifs and the only one entirely within the boundaries of Gros Morne National Park.\u00a0 (A small sliver of the North Arm Massif is also within the park boundary.)\u00a0 The source of the name is unknown, though it undoubtedly derives from the broad flat plateau at the summit, which in the east overlooks the South Arm of Bonne Bay.\u00a0 \u00a0 James Cook surveyed the bay and outer coastline in 1767 after the Seven Years War, and in 1783 with the Treaty of Versailles, the entire west coast north of Cape Anguille became part of the French Shore of Newfoundland.\u00a0 \u00a0Map at left is from James Cook\u2019s\u00a0A General Chart of the Island of Newfoundland<\/em>, which shows Bonne Bay, South Arm, Trout River and Green Point, location of the Global Stratotype between the Cambrian and Ordovician geological periods.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”20px” padding_bottom=”20px” bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″ fade_animation_offset=”45px”][vc_column_text]Table Mountain, also known as the Tablelands, rises to a height of 720 meters (2,362 ft) and spans an area of approximately 100 square kilometers.\u00a0 It is bounded by Route 431 connecting Woody Point and Trout River in the north, forested foothills and the town of Glenburnie, Birchy Head and Shoal Brook (GBS) in South Arm to the east, Trout River Pond to the south, and the town of Trout River and the coastal mountains of the Little Port Island Arc Complex in the west.\u00a0 It is accessed by Route 431 in the north and east, Trout River Pond in the south, and the town of Trout River from the west.\u00a0 Trail access is provided by Gros Morne National Park’s Tablelands Trail\u00a0<\/em>into Winterhouse Brook Gulch in the northeast and the Park’s Trout River Pond Trail\u00a0<\/em>near the north shore of Trout River Pond in the southwest.\u00a0 Cell phone reception is limited to the northeast and eastern sides of the mountain, mostly at higher elevations.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ fade_animation_offset=”45px”][vc_column_text]