Superlatives

1. Parks Canada was the first government service in the world dedicated to national parks. 
2. Howard E. Sibbald was the first “Chief Game Guardian” working for Canada’s national park service. He started his job in 1909. 
3. In 1911, J.B. Harkin became the first Commissioner of the Dominion Parks Branch. 
4. In 1914, the word “Warden” was given to the “fire and Game Guardians” for the first time. It was chosen to differentiate Canadian parks officers from their American “ranger” counterparts.
5. In 1930, the first Canada National Parks Act was passed. 
6. The first official uniform for Park Wardens was created in 1938. 
7. Parks Canada operates the world’s largest mobile avalanche control program. 
8. Nahanni National Park and L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site were both part of the first group of sites to be included in the UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List.