Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Park name Regional districts Coordinates Size Established Remarks; ha acres Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park: East Kootenay: 10,921.5 26,988 1995 Beaver Creek Provincial Park
Kootenay National Park is one of seven contiguous national and provincial parks that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The Continental Divide is the boundary between Kootenay and Banff National Park , as well as the British Columbia–Alberta provincial border.
Champion Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, northeast of the city of Trail in the province's West Kootenay region. The park was established by order-in-council in 1955. Its boundaries were adjusted in 2000 to approximately 1,245 hectares and again in 2004 to approximately 1,452 ...
National parks of Canada are vast natural spaces located throughout the country that are protected by Parks Canada, a government agency.Parks Canada manages the National Parks and Reserves in order to protect and preserve the Canadian wildlife and habitat that fall within the ecosystems of the park, keep them safe, educate visitors, and ensure public enjoyment in ways that do not compromise ...
British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System: Mount Robson Provincial Park. Statistics (February 2020) [1] Designation Number Area Class A Parks 629 10,544,873 Class B Parks 2 3,778 Class C Parks 13 484 Conservancies 156 2,999,899 Ecological Reserves 148 160,293 Protected Areas 84 384,733 Recreation Areas 2 5,929 Total 1,034 14,099,989
Syringa Park is a provincial park on the east shore of Lower Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. [1] At the foot of the Norns Range, [2] Tulip Creek passes through the centre, [3] and Syringa Creek is closer to the southeastern boundary. [4] The park is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Castlegar via ...
The goal of the national parks system is to set aside lands representing the country's 39 distinct natural regions described in the National Parks System Plan, primarily to protect the ecological integrity of the land, and secondarily to allow the public to explore, learn about and enjoy Canada's natural spaces. [2]
The northern part of the park covers an important historical trade and transportation route used by First Nations people for centuries, linking the Rocky Mountain Trench and Kootenay Lake via Toby Pass. Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, traveled the trail in 1908, after which it was named in his honour. Grey was impressed ...