Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
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| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Canada |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii, viii |
| Reference | 304 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1984 (8th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks:
and three British Columbia provincial parks:
The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including:
The area is known for its natural beauty and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right from 1980 to 1990, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
[edit] World Heritage Site
This area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves as well as fossils found here (see Burgess Shale).
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