Happy 100th Birthday Parks Canada!

Happy Birthday Parks Canada! Today (May 19, 2011) marks the 100th year of the oldest national park system in the world. Parks Canada oversees the protection and preservation of 42 national parks, 167 national historic sites and 4 marine conservation areas. Banff National Park, in the Rockies of Alberta, was founded in 1885, and was…

Source: http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/19/happy-100th-birthday-parks-canada/

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