states: [canada]
category: natural
year: 1984
location: Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 51.4247222200, -116.4797222000
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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