Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks^a
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Canada
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii
Identification	#304
Regionb	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1984 8th Session
a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List b As classified officially by UNESCO

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks:

• Banff
• Jasper
• Kootenay
• Yoho

and three British Columbia provincial parks:

• Hamber Provincial Park
• Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
• Mount Robson Provincial Park

The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including:

• North Saskatchewan River
• Athabasca River
• Columbia River
• Fraser River

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.

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian national parks
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

[edit] External links

• Park page at UNESCO World Heritage Site

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