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 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 National Parks, Natural Environments, New Brunswick
One of two wilderness Canadian national parks in New Brunswick, Kouchibouguac is an interesting mosaic of bogs, salt marshes, tidal rivers, sparkling freshwater systems, sheltered lagoons, abandoned fields and tall forests which characterizes the Maritime Plain Natural Region. Natural wonders abound in this Park that boasts the second largest tern colony in North America. As [...]
Added on and filed under Alberta, National Parks, Nature Reserves
Located less than an hour away from the Alberta capital of Edmonton, Elk Island National Park of Canada protects the wilderness of the aspen parkland, one of the most endangered habitats in Canada. This beautiful oasis is home to herds of free roaming plains bison, wood bison, moose, deer, elk and more. Also boasting over [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Quebec
Forillon, a national park created in 1970, is located at the farthest reach of the Gaspe Peninsula in the province of Quebec. Its majestic landscapes cover a 244 sq km area that is carved out of the sea, cliffs and mountains. Forillon protects a representative sample of the Notre-Dame and Megantic mountain regions and certain [...]