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  2. Glacier National Park (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    Glacier National Park is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada, and one of seven national parks in British Columbia.Established in 1886, the park encompasses 1,349 km 2 (521 sq mi), and includes a portion of the Selkirk Mountains, which are part of the larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains.

  3. List of glaciers in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta.. A comprehensive list of glaciers in Canada began with glacial surveys by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) from 1945 to 1980, [1] including an inventory begun for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58) and contributions to the World Glacier Inventory (WGI, now part of the World Glacier Monitoring Service) for the International ...

  4. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Glacier Park Boat Company offers tours of numerous lakes in Glacier National Park. The tour boat Little Chief has carried visitors since 1926 and now docks at St. Mary Lake.

  6. Mount Sir Donald - Wikipedia

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    Mount Sir Donald is a 3,284-metre (10,774-foot) mountain summit located in the Rogers Pass area of Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Its good rock quality and classic Matterhorn shape make it popular for alpine rock climbers , and the Northwest Arete route is included in the popular book Fifty Classic ...

  7. Athabasca Glacier - Wikipedia

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    The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies.The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about 5 metres (16 ft) per year [2] and has receded more than 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and lost over half of its volume in the past 125 years.

  8. Illecillewaet Glacier - Wikipedia

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    The Illecillewaet Glacier / ˌ ɪ l ə ˈ s ɪ l ə w ə t / is a glacier in British Columbia, Canada. It is located inside Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains, a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. After the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) near the glacier's terminus, and the building of a hotel nearby, the ...

  9. Mount Macdonald - Wikipedia

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    Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park.It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels.

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