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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.
- Chinese name
- Jasper National Park
- Foreign name
- Jasper National Park
- categorize
- One of Canada's famous alpine national parks
- Floor space
- 10878 km²
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
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.
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
.
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.
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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.
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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.
Admission: Adults (17-64) - $9.80
Senior citizens (65 +) - $8.30