Friday 18 January 2013

304 CA - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984)

Brief Description
"The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there."

加拿大落基山公园
"逶迤相连的班夫(Banff)、贾斯珀 (Jasper)、库特奈(Kootenay)和约虎(Yoho)国家公园,以及罗布森山(Mount Robson)、阿西尼博因山(Mount Assiniboine)和汉伯省级公园(Hamber provincial parks)构成了一道亮丽的高山风景线,那里有山峰、冰河、湖泊、瀑布、峡谷和石灰石洞穴。这里的伯吉斯谢尔化石遗址也有海洋软体动物的化石。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/304

Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Kootenay National Park
Mount Robson Provincial Park (ext 1990)
Hamber Provincial Park (ext 1990)
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park  (ext 1990)
Burgess Shale (former 1980)


Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier in Banff National Park


Courtesy of pkerryous from postcrossing
Peyto Lake in Banff National Park

Courtesy of bubba14 from postcrossing
 
Peyto Lake in Banff National Park
Courtesy of violettedream from postcrossing
Maligne Lake / Spirit Island in Jasper National Park

Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park
Athabasca river in Jasper National Park

Lake O'Hara in Yoho National park
 
 
CA304-4 Kootenay National Park
 
Courtesy of atlantidochka from postcrossing
Mount Robson Provincial Park

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