British Columbia

Glacier

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/glacier/index_e.asp
• Location: Along the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke and between Yoho and Mount Revelstoke National Parks
• Area: 1,349 km² (521 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1886
• Historical:
  1. Rogers Pass National Historic Site
• Features:
  1. Illecillewaet Glacier
  2. Over 400 glaciers
  3. Part of the Interior Wetbelt region of British Columbia

Guaii Haanas

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/index_e.asp
• Location: Southern part of Queen Charlotte Islands, off the northern coat of the province
• Area: 1470 km² (568 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1993
• Historical:
  1. Designated a “Haida Heritage Site” by the Haida Nation in 1985
• Features:
  1. Haida archaeological sites

Gulf Islands Reserve

• Website:
• Location: Islands in the southern part of Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland
• Area: 33 km² (13 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 2003
• Historical:
• Features:
  1. One of the most heavily used marine regions in Canada
  2. Many edangered or threatened species

Kootenay

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/kootenay/index_e.asp
• Location: From the Continental Divide, adjacent to Yoho and Banff National Parks, to the Rocky Mountain Trench
• Area: 1,406 km² (543 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1920
• Historical:
  1. UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Features:
  1. Paint Pots
  2. Radium Hot Springs
• See also: http://www.innvista.com/science/ecology/parks/kootenay.htm

Mount Revelstoke

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/revelstoke/visit/index_e.asp
• Location: Along the Trans-Canada Highway, just of Revelstone and west of Glacier National Park
• Area: 260 km² (100 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1914
• Historical:
• Features:
  1. Old-growth rainforest of giant cedar and pine
  2. Summer wildflower displays

Pacific Rim Reserve

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/index_e.asp
• Location: Along the southwest coast of Vancouver Island
• Area: 511 km² (197 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1970
• Historical:
• Features:
  1. Rain forest
  2. West Coast Trail

Tatshenshini-Alsek

• Website: http://www.canadianparks.com/bcolumbia/tatshen/index.htm
• Location: In the northwest corner of British Columbia, adjacent to these national parks: Kluane in the Yukon and Glacier Bay and Wrangell - St. Elias in Alaska
• Area: 97,000 km² (37,452 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1993
• Historical:
  1. World Heritage Site in 1992
• Features:
  1. Mount Fairweather, the highest peak in British Columbia
  2. Possesses the largest sub-polar ice cap in the world

Yoho

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/index_e.asp
• Location: Along the western slopes of the Continental Divide, adjacent to Banff and Kootenay National Parks
• Area: 1406 km² (543 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1885
• Historical:
  1. Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin National Historic Site of Canada
  2. Howse Pass National Historic Site of Canada
  3. Kicking Horse Pass National Historic Site of Canada
  4. Skoki Ski Lodge National Historic Site of Canada
  5. Twin Falls Tea House National Historic Site of Canada
• Features:
  1. Emerald Lake
  2. Takakkaw Falls
  3. Canadian Pacific Railway spiral tunnels

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