Added on December 26, 2007 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 [...]
Added on and filed under Alberta, Historical Sites, National Parks
In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. From that humble beginning was born Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park and the world’s third. Spanning over 6,641 sq kms (2,564 square miles) of valleys, mountains, [...]
Added on November 26, 2007 and filed under British Columbia, National Parks
Glacier National Park of Canada protects, for all time, a wide portion of the Columbia Mountains natural region, in the interior of British Columbia. The steep, rugged mountains, warm, moist climate and wide variety of plant and animal life are typical of this natural region. The park protects unique stands of old-growth cedar and hemlock [...]