Jasper National Park

a national park in SW Canada, in W Alberta in the Rockies: wildlife sanctuary. Area: 10 900 sq. km (4200 sq. miles)

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Jasper National Park

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Address:PO Box 10
Jasper, AB T0E1E0
Phone:780-852-6176
Fax:780-852-5601
Phone:877-737-3783
Web: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper
Size: 10,878 sq. km.
Established: 1907.
Location:On the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of west-central Alberta, 370 km west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Hwy 16, and 404 km northwest of Calgary via Trans-Canada Hwy 1 and the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93). The town of Jasper is located in the middle of the park.
Facilities:The townsite of Jasper includes a variety of hotels, restaurants, shops, gas stations, grocery and convenience stores, park information center, and a tramway. Park facilities also include 10 campgrounds (1770+ campsites; @di), hot springs, and trails (1000 km).
Activities:Camping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating, bicycling, scenic driving, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, climbing and mountaineering, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, ice skating, snowboarding, snowshoeing, interpretive programs.
Special Features:Jasper is the largest and most northerly of the four Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks that comprise the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located at the northern end of the spectacular Icefields Parkway, a 230-km scenic route that passes close to the Columbia Icefield and connects Jasper with Lake Louise in Banff National Park (see separate entry). Along the way, visitors can take a snocoach tour on the Athabasca Glacier, one of six large glaciers that cover more than 325 sq. km of mountain park. Park's rugged topography includes a number of mountains that rise to elevations above 3,000 meters, including Mt. Columbia, Alberta's highest peak at 3,782 meters. Among the five national historic sites located within the park's boundaries are the Jasper House (1813) and the Henry House (1811).

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Uniquely positioned in the heart of Jasper National Park, the town is surrounded by some of the most gorgeous protected wilderness in the world and Mountain Park Lodge's portfolio of experiences enable visitors to stay and explore these pristine mountain parks.

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You're going to start seeing wildlife soon, I guarantee it," my ride from Edmonton International Airport announced as soon as we passed through the entrance to Jasper National Park. Sure enough, within a few miles we saw a herd of wapiti (elk) grazing on the side of the road.

Pride of the rockies: savoring a sweet and snowy Jasper Pride Festival

Keri Cronin's study on Jasper National Park addresses the construction of park nature in various photographic accounts, examining how images create an ideal of (mostly) empty wilderness, and how the commodification of wilderness in postcards, photos and brochures shapes our interactions with the actual environment.

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I thought my days of living on the edge were over, but 25 years on from launching myself out of a plane, I prepare to career down Marmot Basin in the heart of the majestic Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Ski resort with a royal seal of approval; Superb scenery, enchanting wildlife and a variety of runs attract Chris Wiltshire to the snowy ski e peaks of Jasper National Park in Alberta

Amidst the rugged beauty of Jasper National Park, the nature conservation group saw the struggle between preservation of nature and development in Alberta parks.

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Deleting good camera photos to make way for great ones was a popular pastime before we reached the sparkling Albreda Icefields and the epic gradients of Mount Robson, topped by white ice, signalling our arrival into Jasper National Park.

On track for a trip to remember; LUKE TRAYNOR climbs aboard the Rocky Mountaineer for a North American adventure

Last month, PCL Construction Management called on Lafarge Canada to provide concrete at a unique site located on the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park, Alberta--the new Glacier Skywalk, an interpretive boardwalk and glass-floored observation platform with 180-degrees of unobstructed views of the Sunwapta Canyon.

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