Prime Minister's Choice:
Banff National Park
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By Jodie Lightfoot and Melissa D'Souza, TG Magazine
youth journalists
For all of you who are visiting Canada for the World Conservation
Congress, we highly recommend that you stop off at Banff National
Park in Alberta before you leave! It's rugged beauty and vast
number of wildlife species makes this park a must to see. Canada's
oldest national park is 6,641 square kilometres of mountains,
valleys, glaciers, forests, meadows, and rivers. It is considered
one of the world's premiere destination spot. There are 1,600
kilometres of trails for you to hike on, more than any other
mountain park, and many excellent sight-seeing spots. You can
hike, camp, canoe, and go on splunking trips as well as hot
springs to soak in, and ice fields to walk on. The list goes on
and on.
If you are interested in visiting Banff, look for Banff National
Park on the internet at:
http://www.worldweb.com/ParksCanada-Banff.s There you'll find all
the details on everything from campground and hostel fees to the
many luxurious hotels. Banff is a wonderful place and it may not
be the president's choice but it's certainly Jean
Chrétien's.