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Jasper National Park

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Jasper National Park
Adapted from the National Geographic book Guide to the National Parks of Canada/ Travel/ National Geographic/ nationalgeographic.com

"This Alberta park—the largest in the Canadian Rockies—is wild in every sense of the word. Its local residents include grizzly bears, moose, and elk.

The largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, Jasper is wild in every sense of the word. Its landscape covers an expansive region of rugged backcountry trails and mountainous terrain juxtaposed against fragile protected ecosystems as well as the world-renowned Columbia Icefield. It’s also chock-full of wildlife, home to some of North America’s healthiest populations of grizzly bears, moose, and elk along with thousands of species of plants and insects.

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Landscape: The park comprises rough-and-tumble mountains, valleys, glaciers, forests, alpine meadows, and rivers along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in western Alberta. More than 615 miles (990 kilometers) of hiking trails offer day and overnight trips. A number of spectacular mountain drives also beckon....."

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Trees rise from Spirit Island, which rests in Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park.

Photograph by Raymond Gehman, National Geographic



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The Canadian Rockies are breathtaking--spectacularly beautiful, ruggedly panoramic, and imposing in their stature. While the American Rockies are also awe-inspiring, they don't hold a candle to the Canadian Rockies, IMO. Banff National Park is the crown jewel. And Moraine Lake is the dazzling centerpiece.

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The town of Banff, with Mt. Rundle looming in the background.

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Moraine Lake, with its iridescent glacier-fed turquoise waters.

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The incomparable Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.
 
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