Location Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
Coordinates N51 25 29 W116 28 47
Property 2,299,104 ha
Date of Inscription 1984
Brief Description (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/304 )
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 striking mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there.
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