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National parks (definition)
National Parks are a country-wide system of representative natural areas of Canadian significance. By law, they are protected for public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment, while being maintained in an unimpaired state for future generations. National Parks have existed in Canada for well over a century. (Source: Parks Canada)
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Explore the Wonder of Canada's Parks
This spring we're venturing deep into the wonders of Canada's parks. Online on March 18th, Canadian Geographic's April issue looks at our country's new dark-sky preserves, what it takes to create a new park and how smart phone technology is changing the way we see historic sites. Join us and celebrate 100 years of Parks Canada.
Articles tagged with National parks (50)
The NWT’s new jewel
Nààts’ihch’oh National Park is the NWT’s new star
Northern vision
An interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the past, present and future of Canada's North
Source: Canadian Geographic, October 2012
Department:
Discovery
Tags:
Alert, Nunavut, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Churchill, Manitoba, Geographic education, Geography, Manitoba, National parks, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Parks Canada, Stephen Harper, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
A natural connection
A study shows spending time in the great Canadian outdoors can help immigrants feel more at home
Alternative dimensions
Resizing Canada’s national parks by numbers of visitors
A short history of Canada's national parks
Where have our national parks been and where are they going?
Art in national parks
With inspired eyes, artists reinterpret geography and show national parks in a new light
Witness the birth of a national park
A wilderness trekker explores the genesis of the next jewel in the Parks Canada crown: Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
Finding the HMS Investigator
Lost looking for Franklin’s crew, wreck discovered after 157 years
National parks need you
Artifact restoration, endangered species monitoring get boost from volunteers, says Parks Canada
How our national parks evolved
From Grew Owl to Chétien and beyond, 100 years of Parks Canada
Bigger is better
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Emma Lehmberg
For a good time, and Forillon time
Dan Rubinstein learns from his mistakes on a family road trip to Forillon National Park on the Gaspé Peninsula
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
TenBest
Contributors:
Dan Rubinstein
Moncton, New Brunswick
They don’t call Moncton, N.B., the ‘hub city’ for nothing. It’s a rail and road axis, and a short drive away from three spectacular national parks.
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
OneCity
Contributors:
Kim Keitner
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John Sylvester
Point Pelee National Park: The butterfly effect
On the trail of the great monarch migration, nature’s small mysteries stole my attention
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Kate Barker
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Tobi Asmoucha
La Mauricie National Park: Paddles and pines
Restoration efforts in La Mauricie National Park are healing scars left by more than a century of logging, attracting nature lovers to this tranquil haven in the heart of southern Quebec
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Gary Lawrence
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Yan Lasalle
Waterton Lakes National Park: Friendly frontier
More accustomed to risking his life on remote rivers and mountains, a globetrotting adventurer takes a hike with his family in the park (and country) next door.
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2010
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Bruce Kirkby
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Patrice Halley
The cryosphere kid
Robert Way wants to probe permafrost in his native Labrador, but first he's thinking globally
Sleep in the snow (and like it)
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, November 2009
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Shelley Cameron-McCarron
Wardens in arms
A century after its creation, the national parks warden service is undergoing a dramatic reinvention
Parks in the city
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, November 2008
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Liz Fleming
Hut spot
A charming cottage in Glacier National Park makes a splendid budget family vacation for four. Who cares that there’s no electricity or running water when civilization is just a 20-minute ski away?
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, November 2008
Department:
Feature stories
Contributors:
Lisa Gregoire
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Patrice Halley
25 sunny, sandy escapes
Great Canadian strands to swim, surf and explore this summer
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, May 2008
Department:
Feature stories
Tags:
Alberta, Beaches, British Columbia, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Enrage, Carcross, Yukon, Cold Lake, Ellison Provincial Park, Georgian Bay, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, National parks, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Okanagan Valley, Ontario, Pinware River Provincial Park, Point Pelee National Park, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island National Park, Provincial parks, Quebec, Sandbanks Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Shediac, New Brunswick, The Arches Provincial Park, Watrous, Yukon
Happy trails
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, May 2008
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Linda Goyette
Caching in at national parks
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, March 2008
Department:
Gateway
Contributors:
Conor Mihell
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