Canadian national parks Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
park owned and maintained by the federal government of Canada
About Canadian national parks
The national parks cover more than328,000km(127,000sqmi), or about 3.3% of the total land area of Canada. Together, Canada's national parks are larger than Norway. Beginning withBanff National Parkin 1885, the federal government of Canada began putting aside scenic pieces of land aside for tourism. To this later were added more remote areas, where conservation rather than recreation are the focus. The parks range in size and amenities from small and highly developed areas on the edge of cities to vast wildlands the size of many European countries, but without any permanent population. Entrance to the parks are controlled by tollgates on the highways leading to them (if any), and one must pay to get in, or in some cases you can transit through a park, but have to pay to leave the highway
Canadian national parks Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 10 sections including: