February - Community Stories

Love is in the air in February, so Parks Canada is taking the opportunity to celebrate its passion for communities. Geographic, cultural, interest-based communities... these communities and the relationships they maintain with our network of protected areas are an essential element of its success!

Stories of communities within Parks Canada’s boundaries

• Find out about a national historic site in BC that really is the Heart of its community.
• Check out this video on the work done by a community of volunteers in Banff National Park.
• Learn how a partnership between the Robert Bateman’s Get to Know Program and Parks Canada has led to the enrichment of Waterton Park, a quaint community located in Waterton Lakes National Park.
• Discover how a northern community was key to the success of a contaminated site cleanup within Ivvavik National Park.
• See how a community’s attachment to its national historic site allows it to shine.

Parks Canada in Your Communities

• Read about a unique Parks Canada donation to neighbouring community food banks.
• Look at Canada’s largest communities from a new perspective: travel back in time at national historic sites located in the Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver areas. Or, take a virtual or real Urban Walk in Toronto to discover how history has embellished and characterized this great city.
• Hockey, a real passion for the large Canadian community... peruse the story on how the Montreal Canadiens scored the latest heritage victory in the current edition of the Experiences e-Newsletter.
• Uncover the story of war brides, and how this national historic event played a part in Halifax and in communities across the country.