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2. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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   Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. [4] Subsequent to an expansion of the monument by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, the ...

3. Glacier National Park (Canada) - Wikipedia

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   For the park in the United States with the same name, see Glacier National Park (U.S.). 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 ...

4. Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

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   Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek is an international park system located in Canada and the United States, at the border of Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears ...

5. ‘It’s pretty special’: Why Glacier Bay National Park is worth ...

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   The most popular way to see Glacier Bay is by boat. Peter Christian, chief spokesperson for Public Affairs for the National Park Service’s Alaska region, said highly regulated cruise ships "go ...

6. Grand Pacific Glacier - Wikipedia

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   Grand Pacific Glacier is a 25 km (16 mi) long glacier in British Columbia and Alaska.It begins in Glacier Bay National Park in the Saint Elias Mountains, 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Mount Hay, trends east into the Grand Pacific Pass area of British Columbia, and then southeast to the head of Tarr Inlet at Alaska-Canada boundary, 68 miles (109 km) west of Skagway.

7. ‘It’s just magnificent’: What to know about Glacier National Park

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   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.

8. Kluane National Park and Reserve - Wikipedia

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   The bi-national Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek park system comprising Kluane, Wrangell-St Elias, Glacier Bay and Tatshenshini-Alsek parks, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears, caribou and Dall sheep habitat.

9. List of World Heritage Sites in Canada - Wikipedia

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   The first two sites in Canada added to the list were L'Anse aux Meadows and Nahanni National Park Reserve, both at the Second Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Washington, D.C., in 1978. [4] The most recent sites listed were Tr’ondëk-Klondike and Anticosti, both in 2023. [3] Two sites are shared with the United States.