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PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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Algonquin Provincial Park (S), ON
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Canada's first provincial park, established in 1893
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Blackfoot Crossing (S), AB
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Traditional meeting place on Blackfoot Reserve
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Cave and Basin (S), AB
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Hot springs, birthplace of national parks
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First Banding of a Bird (E), ON
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First banding of a wild bird, led to increased knowledge of migrations
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Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) (P), SK
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Writer, conservationist, popular lecturer
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Grizzly Bear Mountain and Scented Grass Hills (S), NT
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Expression of cultural values through the interrelationship between landscape, oral histories, graves and cultural resources
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Harkin, James Bernard (P), AB
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Commissioner of the Dominion Parks Branch (1911-36), instituted the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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Lachine Rapids (E),QC
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Obstacle led to economic and industrial development of Montréal
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Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary (S), SK
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First wildfowl sanctuary in North America, 1887
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Nagwichoonjik (The Mackenzie River) (S), NT
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Flows through Gwichya Gwich'in traditional homeland and continues to be culturally, socially and spiritually significant
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Pointe Abitibi (S), QC
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Traditional summering area and sacred place for the Algonquin
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Preservation of the Plains Bison (E), AB
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Last large herd bought in 1906, distributed throughout national parks
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Slave River Rapids (E), NT
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Only obstacle to navigation from Lake Athabasca to the Arctic Ocean
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Stanley Park (S), BC
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Outstanding large urban park
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Walled Landscape of Grates Cove (S), NF
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Pasturage and gardens defined by stone walls reflecting communal system of land use typical of Newfoundland
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Wheeler, Arthur Oliver (P), AB
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Important topographical surveyor, supporter of National Park Movement, co-founder of Alpine Club
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Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial, Quebec
Quarantine Station for Immigrants 1832-1937
© Parks Canada
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