Jasper National Park

One of Canada's famous alpine national parks
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Jasper National Park is a national park Canada One of the famous Alpine National parks, also in Canada Rocky Mountains The largest national park in the country. locate Alberta Rocky Mountains Northernmost, in Banff National Park North of Edmonton To the west. There are many kinds of wild animals and plants. It covers an area of 10,878 square kilometers.
The park has Witch Lake, Patricia and pyramid Lake, Marlene Lake And Marin Canyon, Lake water , Mountains and rivers Complementing each other, showcasing the beauty of nature's uncanny workmanship. It is also home to the oldest and largest ice sheet in the Rockies Columbia ice sheet The glacier attracts people from all over the world every year. In 1984, Jasper National Park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Rocky Mountain National Park Group.
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Jasper National Park
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One of Canada's famous alpine national parks
Floor space
10878 km²

World natural Heritage

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Basic data

Name of the estate: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Selected since 1984 (expanded in 1990)
Selection basis: Natural Heritage (vii)(viii)
Location: N51 25 29 W116 28 47 (Canada)
Heritage area: 2,360,000 ha
Heritage Number: 304

Estate description

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Park Group, located in the southwestern Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, covers an area of 23,000 square kilometers and includes Jasper National Park, Banff National Park , Joho National Park , Kootenay National Park and Robson Provincial Park , Assiniboine Provincial Park and Hampa Provincial Park There is also the fossil "deposit" discovered in 1909 near Mount Field, the largest national park in the world.
Map of World Heritage Sites in Canada
The Rocky Mountains were originally a huge geosynclinal region, to The Cretaceous Period At first it was just a shallow sea, Tertiary period When a large-scale orogeny The crust had a strong fold and compression, forming a tall granite mountain system; quaternary At the same time, the role of glaciers left steep angular peaks, ice dips, valleys and other glacial erosion features, coupled with long-term crustal changes, gradually formed the current situation of the Rocky Mountains. The magnificent landscape of the Rocky Mountains supports a variety of plants. Wildlife is also plentiful, with 225 species of birds ranging from hummingbirds to vultures; There are also 56 species of mammals, the most famous of which are grizzly bears and black bears.
In 1984, according to Natural heritage Selection criteria (vii)(viii), Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Quilt UNESCO World Heritage Committee Approved for listing as a natural heritage in the World Heritage List "(No. 304) World natural Heritage .

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The meandering Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks, And Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks form a beautiful alpine landscape of peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves. The Burgess Shell fossil site here also contains Marine mollusc fossils. [1-2]

Geographical environment

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Various wildlife such as Elk, deer, goat, moose , bighorn wild sheep, Asiatic black bear , American black bear , beaver , The Rocky Mountains Pika, marmot And the reindeer are numerous. Jasper National Park is home to Lake Petou, Bow Lake , Witch Drug Lake, Patricia Lake, Pyramid Mountain, Marin Lake and Marin Canyon, the scenery is very beautiful. There are also Columbia ice sheet Glaciers, warm springs, lakes, and waterfalls. Of course there are beautiful mountains and rivers.
The park was declared by UNESCO in 1984 World heritage site . Also on the list is Canada Rocky Mountains National parks and some provincial parks. Chosen for its beautiful mountain landscape, which includes peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfall , gully and Limestone cave And found it here fossil .
Several major rivers have their headwaters in the park, including The North Saskatchewan River [part of the Hudson Bay Basin], Atabasca River, and Smoky River ( The Arctic Ocean Part of the river basin).
Some of the photographic attractions include Edith Cavel Hill, Pyramid Lake and Pyramid Hill, Marin Lake, Medicinal lake And Tonquin gully Considered by the best photographers. At sunrise, the view of Lake Marin is not the best, to see its most beautiful side is at night. Other photo attractions include the Mamo Basin ski Resort, a "snowmobile" (about the size of a bus) tour of the Atabasca Glacier, Columbia ice sheet Tributaries of Atabasca waterfall Lake Muning, Whistler Skylift and many other outdoor pastimes (such as hiking, fishing, wildlife watching, rafting, climbing) canoe Camping, etc.). "Miet Hot Springs" is near the northernmost entrance of the park.
The most amazing was by Banff National park The stretch of road from Lake Louise to Jasper, Alberta, called the Icefield Highway. Some consider it the most scenic drive in the world.
On a July evening in 2014, the sun shines over Athabasca Falls in Jasper National Park, turning water and trees gold. [3]

History and humanity

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Jasper National Park
The name "Jasper" comes from Jasper House, who operated an exchange in the territory of the Northwest Company. Before that it was called Fitzhugh. On September 14, 1907, Jasper Forest Park was officially opened. In 1930, the Canadian National Forest Regulations were passed to become National park . In 2004, 1,908,000 visitors visited Jasper National Park.

Travel guide

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Admission: Adults (17-64) - $9.80
Senior citizens (65 +) - $8.30