The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks:
- Banff
- Jasper
- Kootenay
- Yoho
and three British Columbia provincial parks:
- Hamber Provincial Park
- Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Mount Robson Provincial Park
The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including:
- North Saskatchewan River
- Athabasca River
- Columbia River
- Fraser River
The area is known for its natural beauty and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess Shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right from 1980 to 1984, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS designation.
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