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Wood Buffalo National Park – Alberta

[/caption] Spilling across Alberta’s northern border into the Northwest Territories, Wood Buffalo encompasses a large area of the subarctic plain. It is a huge national park, certainly the largest in Canada and one of the largest in the world. The … Continue reading

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Banff National Park – Canada

[/caption] First and most famous of Lil the national parks of Canada, Banff is filled with glittering snowcapped peaks, valleys draped in evergreen forests, turquoise lakes, flowered alpine meadows, glaciers, hot springs, waterfalls, and abundant wildlife. Four mountain parks — … Continue reading

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Jasper National Park – Alberta, Canada

Established in 1907, Jasper National Park is as staggeringly beautiful as anywhere in the Rockies, but it is distinguished by having more remote wilderness than the other national parks. These areas can be reached only on foot, horseback, or by … Continue reading

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Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel – Alberta

Everything in Canada is vast, and the string of super-size hotels built by the Canadian Pacific Railways to boost tourism along its Rocky Mountain railway fits in with that enormous scale. The railway was completed in 1885, and a mere … Continue reading

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The Trail of Great Bear

The Trail of Great Bear is an international tour traversing 3350 km of the wild Rockies in Canada and the United States. Traveling existing roadways, the Trail links the world’s first national park – Yellowstone – to Canada’s first national … Continue reading

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