Great Canadian Parks Wood Buffalo National Park
August 21, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo’s name reveals its greatest asset: Canada’s largest free-ranging bison herd. The park also protects the last natural nesting ground for the endangered whooping crane. The park has abundant natural features that led to its UNESCO status. Most of the 1700 square mile, internationally significant Peace-Athabasca Delta lies within park boundaries. The park also has some of the most extensive karst topography in North America.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Auyuittuq National Park
August 18, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Auyuittuq National Park
Auyuittuq means ‘the land that never melts’ in Inuit. But, in summer, the deep and narrow Aksayook Pass provides an ice-free corridor through the magnificent Baffin Island terrain. The pass is an ancient route, and stone cairns, called inukshuks, mark the trail. Dizzying mountain peaks and active glaciers dominate the scenery.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks
Great Canadian Parks Willmore Wilderness Park
August 17, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Willmore Wilderness Park
Willmore Wilderness Park is situated in west central Alberta, sandwiched between the B.C. border, Jasper National Park and the Continental Divide. Willmore’s landscape is typical Rocky Mountain, with foothills and mountainous terrain. Peaks along the Continental Divide exceed 3,000 meters in elevation. The Willmore is home to over 20% of Albertas bighorn sheep and mountain goats and about 600 woodland caribou. Other mammal species include moose, elk, black and grizzly bear.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Kitlope Valley Provincial Park
August 7, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Kitlope Valley Provincial Park
The Kitlope Valley is the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest in the world. It’s a complete primary watershed from the glacial headwaters to the salt water of the ocean. Hidden in an isolated area of northwestern British Columbia, the rugged terrain of the Kitlope is cloaked in old growth trees, many of which are up to 800 years old and 10 feet in diameter. Species in the area include bald eagles, peregrine falcons, mountain goats, black bears and grizzly bears. The rivers of the Kitlope hold large spawning runs of all five Pacific salmon species.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Vuntut National Park
August 5, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Vuntut National Park
Located in the northern Yukon, Vuntut protects the Old Crow Flats, a vast plain of more than 2000 shallow lakes and ponds. The Flats are recognized as a wetland of international importance, and are one of the most important waterfowl areas in the world. The Porcupine caribou herd, one of the world’s largest remaining herds of barren-ground caribou migrates through the Flats.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Pacific Rim National Park
August 3, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Pacific Rim National Park
Grey whales stop here en route to feeding grounds further north. On this misty edge of Vancouver Island, the powerful force of the Pacific Ocean batters lush old-growth forests, steep cliffs and secluded beaches. Pacific Rim’s West Coast trail was first laid out as a life-saving trail for shipwreck survivors. Today, it is one of the most challenging, and most popular wilderness hikes in Canada.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Mount Revelstoke National Park
August 2, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Mount Revelstoke National Park
For such a small park, Mount Revelstoke has a great diversity of ecosystems from the old growth rainforest to the high alpine and abundant glaciers. Mount Revelstoke’s alpine ecosystem provides habitat for caribou, bears, wolverines and Bighorn sheep. The park has a close relationship to the people of the nearby town of Revelstoke. In recent years they have devised a bear awareness program, which has greatly reduced the number of bear moralities.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Kootenay National Park
August 1, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park is the “undiscovered” park of the Rockies, and shelters remarkable climactic and vegetation diversity. The park’s Columbia Valley is part of North America’s longest continuous series of wetlands, which provide habitat for over 250 species of birds.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks La Mauricie National Park
July 30, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks La Mauricie National Park
La Mauricie is at its most magnificent in the fall, when the forests of the Laurentians explode with colour. The call of the loon is symbolic of the Mauricie wilderness, and the elegant bird nests on some park islands. The ideal way to explore La Mauricie is by canoe, just as the coureurs de bois of centuries past.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
Great Canadian Parks Pukaskwa National Park
July 28, 2009 by camping Guide · Leave a Comment
Great Canadian Parks Pukaskwa National Park
There is a ’spirit’ of Pukaskwa that envelopes all who explore it. The park is a breathtaking boreal forest wilderness on the northern shore of Lake Superior. The origins of mysterious rock structures on Pukaskwa’s boulder beaches remain unknown. Rare arctic plants thrive on the wind-swept shore, because of the cooling influence of Lake Superior.
SERIES SUMMARY: Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada’s natural environments, by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, Great Canadian Parks discovers what makes each of these great parks unique, it’s topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures. We examine the elements that tie them together in one of the most comprehensive park systems in the world. Great Canadian Parks offers a stunningly beautiful collection of episodes characterized by abundant wildlife, stunning natural beauty and compelling stories. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them. It is an exploration of Canada through its Great Canadian Parks.
