The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks: Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Ringrose Peak, Lake OHara, British Columbia, Canada The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... The Canadian National Parks system encompasses over forty protected areas, including National Parks, National Park Reserves and National Marine Conservation Areas. ...

• Banff
• Jasper
• Kootenay
• Yoho

and three British Columbia provincial parks: Castle Mountain in Banff. ... Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km². It is located in the province of Alberta, to the north of Banff National Park and west of the city of Edmonton. ... Ottertail River, found in Kootenay National Park Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia, Canada covering 1,406 km² (543 mi²) in the Canadian Rockies and is a World Heritage Site. ... Natural Bridge Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6...

• Hamber Provincial Park
• Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
• Mount Robson Provincial Park

The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including: Hamber Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ... Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ... Reflections of mountains in Kinney Lake on the Berg Lake Trail, Mount Robson Provincial Park Mount Robson Provincial Park is the largest provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km². The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta. ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57 F or...

• North Saskatchewan River
• Athabasca River
• Columbia River
• Fraser River

The area is known for its natural beauty and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right form 1980 to 1990, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ... Hudsons Bay Companys scow in Athabasca River, circa 1910 The Athabasca River originates from the Athabasca Glacier of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in Alberta. ... Columbia River Gorge, Washington or North side The Columbia River (French: fleuve Columbia) is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains near Mount Robson and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ... The Burgess Shale (named after Mount Burgess, close to where the Shale was found) is a black shale exposure found high up in the Canadian Rockies in Yoho National Park near the town of Field, British Columbia. ...

World Heritage Site

This area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves as well as fossils found here. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 368 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File links UNESCO World Heritage Emblem. ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon or gorge is a deep valley often carved from the Earth by a river. ... It has been suggested that Fossil record be merged into this article or section. ...

See also

• List of Canadian national parks
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas hi how r u im bored !!!!!!!! BORED !!!!!! 'bored'

The Canadian National Parks system is run by Parks Canada, which also runs Canadas National Historic Sites. ... This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. ...

External links

• Park page at UNESCO World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites in Canada

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Dinosaur Provincial Park | Gros Morne | Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (w/ USA) | L'Anse aux Meadows | Lunenburg | Miguasha Provincial Park | Nahanni | Old Quebec | SGaang Gwaay | Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (w/ USA) | Wood Buffalo Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Badlands terrain at the Dinosaur Provincial Park Dinosaur Provincial Park is a World Heritage Site (since 1979) located about 2 hours drive east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres northeast of the community of Brooks. ... Western Brook Pond. ... Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie 18 km northwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada on highway 785, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and museum of Native American culture. ... Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada is located in the extreme southwestern corner of the Yukon territory in Canada. ... Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Wrangell-St. ... The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. ... Tatshenshini-Alsek Park Tatshenshini-Alsek Park or Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park in British Columbia, Canada (9,580 km2) was established in 1993 after an intensive campaign by Canadian and American conservation organizations to halt mining exploration and development in the area and protect the area for its strong natural... Viking colonisation site at LAnse-aux-Meadows Viking colonisation site at LAnse-aux-Meadows LAnse aux Meadows (from the French LAnse-aux-Méduses (Jellyfish Cove)) is a site on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, where the remains... Lunenburg waterfront Lunenburg waterfront (as viewed from a hotel) Lunenburg ( ) is a small town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada approximately 90 kilometres southwest of Halifax, on the Atlantic coast. ... Miguasha Provincial Park is near Carleton, Quebec, on the Gaspe Peninsula in the southeastern part of the province. ... Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories of Canada, approximately 600 km west of Yellowknife, protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site is a combination of a national park reserve and a heritage site located in British Columbia, Canada. ... Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canadas fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake. ... There is also a non-adjoining national park in Canada by the same name. ... Wood Buffalo National Park, located in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, is the largest national park in Canada at 44,807 km². The park was established in 1922 to protect the worlds largest herd of free roaming Wood Bison, currently estimated at more than 2,000. ...