| Name of park | Location | Date of creation | Area in square miles | Distinctive characteristics |
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| Rocky Mountains Park | Alberta | 1886 | 1800 | Scenic park; Banff Hot Springs;
Hoodoos; Lake Louise; Victoria and Lefroy Glaciers; Lakes in the Clouds; Mount Temple, 11,626 feet; Valley of the Ten Peaks; Mt.
Assiniboine, 11,860 feet; Bow River Valley. |
| Yoho Park | British Columbia | 1886 | 560 | Yoho Valley; Lakes O'Hara and
MacArthur; Takakkaw Falls; Twin Lakes; Emerald Lake; Natural Bridge; President Range and
Glacier; Kickinghorse River, Ottertail Range and Valley; Fossil Beds. |
| Glacier Park | British Columbia | 1886 | 468 | Mount Sir Donald and highest peaks
of the Selkirks; great Illecillewaet and Asulkan Glaciers; Nakimu marble caves; Marion Lake, Rogers Pass. |
| Revelstoke Park | British Columbia | 1914 | 95 | Mount Revelstoke; Clach-na-coodin
Range and Ice-Field; Automobile Road building to summit of Mount Revelstoke; Lake Eva. |
| Jasper Park | Alberta | 1907 | 4400 | Athabasca River and Valley;
Yellowhead Pass; the oldest route across the Rockies; historic associations; Maligne
Lake and Cañon; Fiddle Creek Cañon; Punchbowl Falls; Mount Robson, 13,036 feet, and
highest peaks of the Canadian Rockies; Miette Hot Springs. |
| Waterton Lakes Park | Alberta | 1895 | 423 | Waterton Lakes; Cameron Falls,
Bertha and Beaver Lakes; beautiful Wilson Range; exceptional fishing; great game preserve. |
| St. Lawrence Islands Park | Ontario | 1905 | 140 acres | Among the Thousand Islands of
the St. Lawrence; especially for summer campers. |
| Fort Howe Park | New Brunswick | 1913 | 19 acres | Historic park; old fort;
memorials of United Empire Loyalists, French régime, Lady Latour. |
| Buffalo Park | Alberta | 1907 | 162 | Animal park; home of the
Canadian government buffalo herd, numbering over 2000 head. |
| Elk Island Park | Alberta | 1899 | 16 | Animal park; established for
the protection of the elk, moose, deer; also herd of buffalo. |
| Maple Creek Antelope Reserve | Saskatchewan | 1914 | 19 | Animal park; established for the preservation of the antelope. |