Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Also known as Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii).
Region
Europe and North America
Canada
Inscribed
1984
Area
2,299,104 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks is about 170 km west of Calgary. The nearest other World Heritage site is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, about 270 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Calgary · about 1,110,000 peopleabout 170 km east
- Red Deer · about 75,000 peopleabout 210 km north-east
- Kelowna · about 125,000 peopleabout 270 km south-west
- Kamloops · about 69,000 peopleabout 280 km west
- Penticton · about 38,000 peopleabout 310 km south-west
- Edmonton · about 1,058,000 peopleabout 310 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CanadaCultural274 km away
CanadaNatural356 km away
CanadaCultural433 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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