Calgary Area, Canada

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Dinosaur Provincial Park

This UNESCO World Heritage Site covers 18,116 acres of Canadian prairie and is one of the most significant paleontological sites in the world. For millions of years, wind and water eroded the soil until it exposed a motherlode of dinosaur bones - the remains of 35 species! Skeletons are on display in the Royal Tyrrell Museum Field Station as well as in an on-site exhibit building. More than 300 complete fossil specimens have been uncovered here since 1884. Venture through the Red Deer Valley and surrounding badlands yourself along the Dinosaur Trails.

Waterton Lakes National Park

Established in 1895, this park joined with Montana's Glacier National Park to form the world's first International Peace Park. As one of the most pristine areas in the province, ranging from prairie terrain to mountain wilderness, it is yet another of Canada's treasured UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located in the southern Rocky Mountains natural region, the park was shaped by wind, fire and water to create a place of spectacular natural diversity - an inspiring meeting place of mountains, lakes, prairies, forests, alpine meadow, and wildlife. Visit this bit of paradise on earth to hike, fish, horseback ride, or just lie back in an open field and gaze at the piercing blue sky.

Banff National Park

The varied landscape of this park contains 12 mineral hot springs, skiable mountains, glaciers, ice fields, alpine meadows, sky blue lakes, deep canyons, and the Castleguard Caves, Canada's longest cave system. Its wealth of natural resources and differing habitats has made this a perfect home to diverse wild animals including elk, bighorn sheep, black and grizzly bear, and Alberta's southernmost herd of the endangered woodland caribou. It's also a hiking wonderland, containing over 1,000 miles of trails offering everything from a one-hour jaunt up a mountain to a month-long backcountry excursion into lonely wild regions.

For more information about Calgary Area, Canada

Calgary Convention and Visitors Bureau

237 - 8th Avenue, SE - Suite 200, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0K8, Canada, phone 1-800-661-1678, fax 403-262-3809.