Added on March 26, 2008 and filed under National Parks, Natural Environments, Newfoundland & Labrador
Gros Morne National Park of Canada was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. It is an area of amazing natural beauty with a broad variety of scenery, wildlife, and recreational activities. Visitors can hike through wild, uninhabited mountains and camp by the sea. Boat tours bring visitors under the towering cliffs of a [...]
Added on February 26, 2008 and filed under National Parks, Saskatchewan
Grasslands, in the province of Saskatchewan, is the first national park of Canada to preserve a portion of the mixed prairie grasslands. Check out a prairie dog town or learn about how Sitting Bull took refuge here after the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Guided hikes, interpretive trails, bird watching, and nature photography [...]
Added on December 28, 2007 and filed under National Parks, Ontario
Protecting one of Canada’s national aquatic treasures for your enjoyment: from Honey Harbour to Twelve Mile Bay in southern Georgian Bay, you will discover beautiful landscapes, time-worn rock faces, diverse habitats and the rugged beauty of the Canadian Shield. These amazing islands are accessible by boat only. The largest island, Beausoleil offers island tent camping, [...]
Added on December 26, 2007 and filed under British Columbia, National Parks
Established by Parks Canada in 2003, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve safeguards a portion of British Columbia’s beautiful southern Gulf Islands archipelago. These islands are representative of the Strait of Georgia Lowlands, one of the most ecologically at risk natural regions in southern Canada. This small park reserve includes thirty-five square kilometres of land and [...]
Added on and filed under British Columbia, Historical Sites, National Parks
Together, the Govt of Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation manage the unique place called Gwaii Haanas through a special agreement signed in 1993. The two parties strongly agree on the need to protect Gwaii Haanas, even though the question of ownership is unresolved. Gwaii Haanas embodies the essence of the rugged beauty [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Northwest Territories
Ivvavik, meaning a place for giving birth, a nursery, in Inuvialuktun, the language of the Inuvialuit, is the first national park in Canada to be created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement. The park protects a wide portion of the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd and occupies the Northern Yukon [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Natural Environments, Nova Scotia
Kejimkujik, the only inland national park of Canada in the Maritimes, features a variety lakes and rivers ideal for canoeing. The beautiful woodlands and gently rolling landscapes are home to a variety of wildlife. Visitors will find historic canoe routes, portages and many scenic hiking trails in the park.
Well know for its excellent canoe routes [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Natural Environments, Northwest Territories
Aulavik, meaning ‘place where people travel’ in Inuvialuktun, protects more than 12,000 sq kms of arctic lowlands on the north end of Banks Island. The massive park encompasses a variety of landscapes from fertile river valleys to polar deserts, buttes and badlands, rolling hills, and bold seacoasts. At the heart of Aulavik is the Thomsen [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Nature Reserves, Yukon
A gem in the family of Parks Canada’s national treasures, Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada covers an area of 21,980 sq kms. It is a land of precipitous, high mountains, massive icefields and lush valleys that yield a huge variety of plant and wildlife species and provides for a host of outdoor activities. [...]
Added on and filed under British Columbia, National Parks
Kootenay National Park of British Columbia represents the south-western region of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. From glacier-clad peaks along the Continental Divide to semi-arid grasslands of the Rocky Mountain Trench, where cactus grows, this is a park rich in diversity of landscapes and ecology.
The area that is now Kootenay National Park was once a meeting [...]