National Geographic guide to the national parks of Canada. Cover Image

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National Geographic guide to the national parks of Canada.

National Geographic Society (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary:

An illustrated, region-by-region guide to the forty-two national parks of Canada, offering sample itineraries and site-by-site tours, and providing historical information, location and activity descriptions, tips for travelers, maps, and lodging information with addresses, phone numbers, and price ranges.

Record details

ISBN: 9781426208058 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 1426208057 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 352 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Atlantic provinces. Terra Nova ; Gros Marne ; Torngat Mountains ; Cape Breton Highlands ; Kejimkujik ; Prince Edward Island ; Preserving starry skies ; Kouchibouguac ; Fundy -- Quebec & Ontario. Mingan Archipelago ; Forillon ; Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park ; La Mauricie ; History of Canada's parks ; St. Lawrence islands ; Georgian Bay islands ; Fathom Five National Marine Park ; Bruce Peninsula ; Point Pelee ; Canada's boreal regions ; Pukaskwa ; Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area -- Prairie provinces. Wapusk ; Riding Mountain ; Prince Albert ; Blackfoot worldview & land ; Grasslands ; Wood buffalo -- Rockies. Waterton Lakes ; Banff ; Painting the parks ; Jasper ; Elk Island ; Kootenay ; Yoho ; Migrations ; Glacier ; Mount Revelstoke -- Pacific Rim. Gulf islands ; Pacific Rim ; Festivals in Canada's national parks ; Gwaii Haanas & Haida Heritage Site ; Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve ; Kluane -- Far North. Vuntut ; Ivvavik ; Travelling on sea ice with Paniloo Sangoya ; Nahanni ; Tuktut Nogait ; Aulavik ; Quttinirpaaq ; Sirmilik ; Ukkusiksalik ; Auyuittuq -- National historic sites of Canada.