A Spotlight on Heritage

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

British Columbia

(NC)-Pacific Rim National Park Reserve was designated as nationally significant to represent the exposed open coast of the Pacific Coast Mountains Natural Region. It has extensive hardpacked sand beaches; island archipelago; narrow coastal strip featuring cliffs, caves, lakes, streams and waterfalls. There are whales, sea lions, giant octopus, wolf eels which you can try to catch a glimpse of if you're lucky.

Province House National Historic Site

Prince Edward Island

(NC)-Province House National Historic Site in Charlottetown, P.E.I. is the "birthplace" of the nation of Canada. It was there that the first conference on colonial union was held in September 1864, which led to Confederation in 1867. It is a three storey structure built of Nova Scotia sandstone.

Nahanni National Park Reserve
Kluane National Park Reserve

Northwest Territories and Yukon

(NC)-Nahanni National Park Reserve (NWT) and Kluane National Park Reserve (Yukon) are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Nahanni was designated nationally significant to represent the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. It includes 320 km of the South Nahanni River, and has a large number of sensitive and endangered wildlife species including Dall's sheep, Trumpeter Swans, Peregrine Falcons, wild bison, and wolverine. Kluane has Canada's highest peak (Mt. Logan, 5 931 m) and the world's largest non-polar icefield.

Dinosaur Provincial Park

Alberta

(NC)-Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the badlands of the Red Deer River Valley in southeastern Alberta. The park was once part of a marine lowland that bordered on a shallow inland sea, the Bearpaw Sea, during the earth's Cretaceous period some 60 to 90 million years ago.
Dinosaur Provincial Park protects an extremely complex environment. Of greatest importance is the unparalleled abundance of Upper Cretaceous dinosaur fossils. Fossilized remains of horned dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, meat-eating dinosaurs and bird mimic dinosaurs have been unearthed.
More than 300 museum-quality specimens have been removed from a 24 km stretch along the Red Deer River. Thirty major museums throughout the world exhibit fossils collected in the park. This rich yield of fossils from such a limited area has made the site a significant scientific resource and an outstanding example of the culmination of the age of reptiles.
The park is also home for a number of rare and endangered species.