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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

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Canada
Date of Inscription: 1984
Extension: 1990
Criteria: (vii)(viii)
Core zone: 2306884 ha
Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta
N51 25 29 W116 28 47
Ref: 304bis

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.

Notes

  • The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
  • Property already inscribed under natural criterion (i) as an example of major stages of the earth's evolutionary history and for geological values only under natural criterion (ii). Criterion N (ii) [Operational Guidelines 2002] was deleted. For more details see Decision 30.COM 8D.1

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