Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada

Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier, Banff National Park
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Author: Kadellar


Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks is a group of national parks and provincial parks in Canada. It includes Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park, as well as Mount Robson Provincial Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park and Hamber Provincial Park. An area of mountain ranges, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks were inscribed as World Heritage Sites during the 8th session of the World Heritage Committee which met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 29 October to 2 November, 1984.

Banff National Park, Canada
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Author: Jiri Eischmann


Mount Chephren and Waterfowl Lake, Banff National Park
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Author: Jon Sullivan


Consolation Lake, Banff National Park
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Consolation-Lake-Szmurlo.jpg
Author: Chuck Szmurlo


Jasper National Park, Canada
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_hazy_morning_on_the_south_side_of_Jasper_National_Park.jpg
Author: Frank Kovalchek

World Heritage Site Inscription Details

Location: N 51 25 29 W 116 28 47 in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta
Inscription Year: 1984
Type of Site: Natural
Inscription Criteria: VII, VIII

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