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Kluane National Park and Reserve is located in the extreme southwestern corner of the Yukon territory in Canada. The Kluane National Park Reserve was established in 1976, covering 22,016 square kilometres. It also contains the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan (5,959 metres) of the Saint Elias Mountains. In fact, mountains and glaciers dominate the park's landscape, covering 82% of its area. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (976x790, 57 KB) Summary Location of Canadian national parks Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: List of Canadian national parks Point Pelee National Park Bruce Peninsula National Park Gros Morne National Park Forillon National Park Cape Breton...
Motto: none Official languages English, French Flower Fireweed Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 474,391 km² 8,052 km² (1. ...
Haines Junction is a village in the Yukon Territory, Canada. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
Parks Canada is a Canadian government agency whose purpose is to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canadas natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. ...
Motto: none Official languages English, French Flower Fireweed Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 474,391 km² 8,052 km² (1. ...
Mount Logan is Canadas highest mountain and the second-highest peak in North America, after Denali (Mount McKinley). ...
The Saint Elias Mountains is a mountain range located in southeastern Alaska (United States) and southwestern Yukon (Canada). ...
A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...
World Heritage Site
 The transfrontalier park system comprising Kluane, Wrangell-St Elias, Glacier Bay and Tatshenshini-Alsek parks, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears, caribou and Dall sheep habitat. Image File history File links UNESCO World Heritage Emblem. ...
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...
UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
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Trinomial name Ursus arctos horribilis (Ord, 1815) Current and historical range of the Grizzly Bear in North America The Grizzly Bear, sometimes called the Silvertip Bear, has traditionally been treated as a subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear living in North America. ...
Binomial name Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) Caribou redirects here. ...
Binomial name Ovis dalli Nelson, 1884 The Dall Sheep (originally Dalls Sheep, sometimes called Thinhorn Sheep), Ovis dalli, is a wild sheep of the mountainous regions of northwest North America, ranging from white to slate brown and having curved yellowish brown horns. ...
See also The Canadian National Parks system encompasses over forty protected areas, including National Parks, National Park Reserves and National Marine Conservation Areas. ...
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 - Parks Canada website for Kluane NP
- World Heritage site
| National parks: Aulavik • Auyuittuq • Banff • Bruce Peninsula • Cape Breton Highlands • Elk Island • Forillon • Fundy • Georgian Bay Islands • Glacier • Grassland • Gros Morne • Gulf Islands • Gwaii Haanas • Ivvavik • Jasper • Kejimkujik • Kluane • Kootenay • Kouchibouguac • La Maurice • Mingan Archipelago • Mount Revelstoke • Nahanni • Pacific Rim • Point Pelee • Prince Edward Island • Pukaswa • Prince Albert • Quttinirpaaq • Riding Mountain • Sirmilik • St. Lawrence Islands • Terra Nova • Torngat Mountains • Tuktut • Ukkusiksalik • Vuntut • Wapusk • Waterton • Wood Buffalo • Yoho Marine Conservation Areas: Fathom Five • Saguenay-St. Lawrence The Canadian National Parks system encompasses over forty protected areas, including National Parks, National Park Reserves and National Marine Conservation Areas. ...
Aulavik National Park is a national park located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. ...
Auyuittuq National Park is a national park located in Nunavut, Canada. ...
Castle Mountain in Banff. ...
A Cliff on the Bruce Trail Located at the tip of the Bruce peninsula, on the Niagara Escarpment of Ontario, Canada, Bruce Peninsula National Park offers many opportunities for hiking, camping, bird watching and many other outdoor activities. ...
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is located on northern Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia. ...
The Entrance to Elk Island National Park Elk Island National Park, established in 1913, is located just east of Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Forillon National Park is located on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. ...
Fundy National Park is located on the Bay of Fundy near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. ...
Georgian Bay Islands National Park consists of 59 small islands or parts of islands in Georgian Bay, near Port Severn, Ontario. ...
Glacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Grasslands National Park (Parc national des Prairies in French) is one of Canadas newest national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border at N49. ...
Western Brook Pond. ...
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is Canadas 40th National Park. ...
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. ...
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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. ...
Kejimkujik National Park consists of two parts: the main section of the park, located in the uplands of south-central Nova Scotia, and the seaside adjunct, located nearby on the Atlantic coast. ...
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. ...
Kouchibougac National Park is located in on the east coast of the province of New Brunswick, north of the town of Richibucto. ...
La Mauricie National Park is located in the Laurentian mountains in the Mauricie region of Québec, Canada. ...
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve* of Canada (MANPRC) is located about 225 km east of Sept-Îles off the Middle North Shore in the Gulf of St. ...
Mount Revelstoke National Park is located adjacent to the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada. ...
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. ...
Pacific Rim National Park is a Canadian national park reserve made up of three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. ...
Point Pelee National Park is a park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ...
Prince Edward Island National Park is a Canadian National Park located on Prince Edward Island. ...
Pukaskwa National Park is a national park located in Ontario, Canada. ...
Prince Albert National Park covers 3,875 km² (1,496 mi²) in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Saskatoon. ...
Satellite picture of a glacier in Ellesmere National Park. ...
Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. ...
Sirmilik National Park is a national park located in Nunavut, Canada. ...
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Terra Nova National Park is located on the northeast coast of Newfoundland along several inlets of Bonavista Bay. ...
Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve is an announced national park located on the Labrador Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...
Tuktut Nogait National Park (sometimes spelled: Tuktuk Nogait) is a national park located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. ...
Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada. ...
Vuntut National Park is a national park located in the northern Yukon Territory, Canada. ...
Wapusk National Park is a national park located in north-east Manitoba, Canada, on the shores of Hudsons Bay. ...
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. ...
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. ...
Natural Bridge Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. ...
Located at the mouth of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada Fathom Five National Marine Park is a largely underwater national park that seeks to protect and display shipwrecks and lighthouses. ...
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Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
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The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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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. ...
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Glacier National Park in the United States and the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. ...
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. ...
Cahokia | Carlsbad Caverns | Chaco Culture | Everglades | Grand Canyon | Great Smoky Mountains | Hawaii Volcanoes | Independence Hall | Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (w/ Canada) | La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico | Mammoth Cave | Mesa Verde | Monticello and University of Virginia | Olympic | Pueblo de Taos | Redwood | Statue of Liberty | Waterton-Glacier-International Peace Park (w/ Canada) | Yellowstone | Yosemite Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Cahokia was a Native American city located near Collinsville in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains the southeastern corner of New Mexico, Eddy County. ...
Kiva at Pueblo Del Arroyo Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and World Heritage Site which contains the densest and most exceptional concentration of large pueblos in the American Southwest. ...
Everglades National Park preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 % of the original wetland area. ...
Grand Canyon National Park is one of Americas oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. ...
Main Entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, from Gatlinburg The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains portion of the Appalachian Mountains. ...
Hawaiâi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 30 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolutionâprocesses that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ...
Exterior view of Independence Hall (circa 1770s). ...
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...
La Fortaleza (or The Fortress in English) is the current residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico. ...
San Juan National Historic Site in San Juan, Puerto Rico includes colonial-era forts, bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the old city wall. ...
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most extensive cave system known in the world. ...
Mesa Verde National Park is a national park in southwest Colorado, in the United States. ...
Thomas Jeffersons Monticello Monticello, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. ...
Mascot Cavalier Website www. ...
Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the far northwestern part of the state known as the Olympic Peninsula. ...
Taos Pueblo, circa 1920 Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos), continuously inhabited for over 1000 years, is the ancient town of the Northern Tiwa speaking tribe of Pueblo people, Native Americans. ...
The Coastal redwood is the tallest tree species on Earth. ...
Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all...
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. ...
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Glacier National Park in the United States and the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. ...
Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. ...
Yosemite redirects here. ...
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