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Ontario 44°53′N79°52′W / 44.883°N 79.867°W / 44.883; -79.867 (Georgian Bay Islands National Park) 1930. 14 km2 (5 sq mi) 27,482. Great Lakes—St. Lawrence precambrian region. Beausoleil Island is the largest of the small islands which make up the park, which originally included Flowerpot Island.
National parks of Canada are vast natural spaces located throughout the country that are protected by Parks Canada, a government agency.Parks Canada manages the National Parks and Reserves in order to protect and preserve the Canadian wildlife and habitat that fall within the ecosystems of the park, keep them safe, educate visitors, and ensure public enjoyment in ways that do not compromise ...
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site, usually referred to simply as Gwaii Haanas (/ ˌɡwaɪ ˈhɑːnəs /), is located in southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands), 130 kilometres (81 miles) off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
Nahanni National Park Reserve. Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife, [4] protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. The centrepiece of the park is the South Nahanni River (Naha Dehé).
1,878 km 2 (725 sq mi) Established. 1978. Visitors. 17,285 (in 2022–23 [1]) Governing body. Parks Canada. Pukaskwa National Park (/ ˈpʌkəsɔː / PUK-ə-saw) [2] is a national park located south of the town of Marathon, Ontario in the Thunder Bay District of northern Ontario, Canada. Established in 1978, Pukaskwa is known for its vistas of ...
Panorama from the Freshwater Lake Lookoff. Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. [2] The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada [3] and covers an area of 948 square kilometres (366 sq mi). [4] It is one of 42 in Canada's system of national parks.
Waterton was the fourth Canadian national park, formed in 1895 as Kootenay Lakes Forest Reserve. It is named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist Charles Waterton. Its range is between the Rocky Mountains and prairies. This park contains 505 km 2 (195 sq mi) of rugged mountains and wilderness.
Inscription. 1995 (19th Session) Area. 457,614 ha (1,766.86 sq mi) The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the union of Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National Park in the United States. Both parks are declared Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Heritage Site.