The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a...

This web page is part of a larger National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. Here is a reprint from a 1801 report from explorer and fur trader David Thompson on his successful route through the Rocky Mountains.

Fifteen Canadian sites received the UNESCO World Heritage designation, bringing world attention to historical and natural preservation of the selected areas. This article (2008) details these sites.

A facsimile from a map by Samuel Champlain (1613) of the Port Royal basin (Annapolis Royal), Nova Scotia. The map is keyed to show (A) our habitation, (B) Champlain's garden, (C) road made by Poutrincourt, (D) island, (E) entrance, (F)...