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1 October 2005 (national park) August 1973 (national park reserve) 1,805 km 2 (697 sq mi) - Western Newfoundland highlands A World Heritage Site due to its exposed mantle and crust as an example of plate tectonics, the park also includes Western Brook Pond, Lobster Cove, and Gros Morne mountain in the Long Range Mountains chain. [26] Gulf Islands
Gros Morne National Park is a Canadian national park and World Heritage Site located on the west coast of Newfoundland. At 1,805 km 2 (697 sq mi), it is the second largest national park in Atlantic Canada after Torngat Mountains National Park , which has an area of 9,700 km 2 (3,700 sq mi).
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 ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world. This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.
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 .
Although it’s not a national park per se, Africa’s largest protected zone is the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (520,000 square kilometers/200,000 square miles) formed in 2012 ...
It is the largest national park in eastern Canada, and the largest protected area in all of eastern North America. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] It is inhabited by a variety of wildlife, fish and migratory birds, including the threatened Mealy Mountains woodland caribou herd, and healthy populations of wild atlantic salmon , in decline throughout its range. [ 4 ]
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve - 13.2 million acres. Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve - nearly 8.5 million acres. Denali National Park & Preserve - more than 4.7 million acres