Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

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 1984, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS designation.

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