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Parks and Environment
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parks and natural environment are some of the most diverse
in the world. Click on the map below to discover.
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- Peace-Athabasca Delta
- The Peace-Athabasca Delta (photo of the Peace-Athabasca
Delta) is one of the largest freshwater deltas
in the world, covering an area of more than 320 000
hectares. Read more facts
on other Canadian Rivers
- Sandbanks Provincial Park
- Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario has the world's largest freshwater bar-dune system.
- St. Lawrence River
- The river with the greatest annual discharge in
Canada is the St. Lawrence River (photo
of St. Lawrence River) at 9850 cubic metres per
second. Read
more facts on other Canadian Rivers
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary in Saskatchewan
is the oldest waterfowl refuge in North America. It
was established in 1887 to protect about 1000 hectares
of breeding grounds for "Wild Fowl".
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- The richest dinosaur locality in the world is located
in Dinosaur Provincial Park (photo of Dinosaur Provincial Park) in Alberta.
- Parc de conservation de Miguasha
- The Parc de conservation de Miguasha (Miguasha conservation
park) in Quebec is world-famous for its richness of
fish fossils.
- Wollaston Lake
- The largest lake in the world to drain naturally
in two directions is Wollaston Lake in Saskatchewan,
which is 2681 square kilometres in area. It drains
north into the Mackenzie River basin and east into
Hudson Bay. Read
more facts on other Canadian Lakes
- Hudson Bay Lowlands
- The world's largest wetland is the Hudson Bay Lowlands, which has an area of approximately 300 000 square kilometres.
- Wood
Buffalo National Park
- The largest park in Canada is Wood Buffalo National
Park, in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, at
44 800 square kilometres. It is home of the world's
largest bison herd and is the only nesting site of
the endangered whooping crane. Read
more facts on Canada's Parks
- Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- The world's largest goose colony nests in the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary of Baffin Island.
- Big
Quill Lake
- Big Quill Lake is Canada's largest saline lake.
Read more facts on Canada's Lakes
- Banff National Park
- Canada's oldest National Park is Banff (photo
in Banff National Park) in Alberta. It was created
in 1885 as Rocky Mountain Park. Read
more facts on other Canada's Parks
- Auyuittuq National Park
- Auyuittuq on Baffin Island was Canada's first national
park above the Arctic Circle. It was established in
1972. Read
more facts on other Canada's Parks
- Fraser River
- British Columbia's Fraser River delta is the most
important stretch of shoreline for wildlife, especially
birds, on Canada's west coast. The Alaksen National
Wildlife Area is part of the delta, situated at the
northern end of Westham Island about 20 kilometres
south of Vancouver. Read
more facts on other Canadian Rivers
- Cap
Tourmente
- Cap Tourmente, in Quebec, was the first Canadian
wetland to be included in the list of Wetlands of
International Importance. This site protects the most
important resting and feeding area for the Greater
Snow Goose population during fall migration.
- Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary
- The Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary is Canada's largest
Migratory Bird Sanctuary. It covers an area of 6.3
million hectares.
- Witless
Bay Reserve
- Newfoundland and Labrador has some of the largest
concentrations of seabirds in the world. The Witless
Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve is home to the largest
Atlantic puffin colony in North America, and the second
largest Leach's storm-petrel colony in the world.
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