Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
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The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks:
and three British Columbia provincial parks:
The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including: Image:Rocky Mountain World Heritage Site Plaque.jpg
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 from 1980 to 1990, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
[edit] 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.
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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks • Dinosaur Provincial Park • Gros Morne • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump • Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek (with USA) • L'Anse aux Meadows • Lunenburg • Miguasha Provincial Park • Nahanni • Old Quebec • SGaang Gwaay • Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (with USA) • Wood Buffalo
