Canada's 18 World
Heritage Sites
In 1972, the United Nations
Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) established,
and continues to update, a published
list of cultural and natural heritage
properties around the world considered
to be of outstanding universal value to
humanity. The goal is to encourage the
preservation of the identifi ed proper-
ties both at a local and international
level.
Entry and service fees are charged
at most national parks and national
historic sites, where the revenues are
kept to support visitor services and
facilities. This means that every time
you visit a park or site you are investing
in its future—and in a legacy for future
generations.
For more information on World
Heritage sites visit the UNESCO website
at:
whc.unesco.org/en/list
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SGANG GWAAY (Anthony Island)
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve,
National Marine Conservation Area
Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/gwaiihaanas
ALBERTA
CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARKS
(Alberta & British Columbia)
Banff National Park
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/banff
Jasper National Park
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/jasper
Kootenay National Park
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/kootenay
Yoho National Park
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/yoho
Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine
and Hamber provincial parks
(Managed by BC Parks)
www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks
DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK
www.albertaparks.ca/parks/south/
dinosaur-pp/
HEAD-SMASHED-IN BUFFALO JUMP
www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin
WATERTON GLACIER INTERNATIONAL
PEACE PARK (Alberta & Montana)
Waterton Lakes National Park
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/waterton
Glacier National Park (Operated
by the U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
ONTARIO
RIDEAU CANAL NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/rideau
QUÉBEC
HISTORIC DISTRICT OF OLD QUÉBEC
Fortifi cations of Québec
National Historic Site
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/fortifi cations
MIGUASHA NATIONAL PARK
www.sepaq.com/pq/mig
NOVA SCOTIA
OLD TOWN LUNENBURG
www.explorelunenburg.ca
JOGGINS FOSSIL CLIFFS
www.jogginsfossilcliff s.net
LANDSCAPE OF GRAND-PRÉ
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/grandpre
NEWFOUNDLAND &
LABRADOR
GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/grosmorne
L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/meadows
MISTAKEN POINT ECOLOGICAL
RESERVE & WORLD HERITAGE SITE
www.fl r.gov.nl.ca/natural_areas/wer/r_mpe
RED BAY BASQUE WHALING STATION
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/redbay
YUKON
KLUANE/WRANGELL-ST. ELIAS/
GLACIER BAY/TATSHENSHINI-ALSEK
(Yukon, British Columbia & Alaska)
Kluane National Park and Reserve
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/kluane
Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
(Managed by BC Parks)
www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/
parkpgs/tatshens
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
and Preserve (Operated by the U.S.
National Park Service)
www.nps.gov/wrst/index.htm
Glacier Bay National Park &
Preserve (Operated by the U.S.
National Park Service)
www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
NAHANNI NATIONAL
PARK RESERVE
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/nahanni
WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL
PARK OF CANADA
(Alberta & Northwest Territories)
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/woodbuff alo
LUNENBURG, NS • SHUTTERSTOCK/GVICTORIA
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