Photo Gallery: Canada National Parks

Wapusk National Park

The aurora borealis brightens the sky over Manitoba’s Wapusk National Park, one of Canada’s most accessible northern national parks. The park is home to polar bears and other wildlife, including wolves, moose, and many rare bird species.

Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve

An orca surfaces for air in Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in British Columbia. Along with Haida Heritage Site, the reserve is the first protected area to extend from the seafloor to the mountaintops

Quttinirpaaq National Park

Quttinirpaaq National Park, situated at the northern end of Ellesmere Island, is the second largest national park in Canada and the most remote. It is the last piece of land before Canada gives way to the Arctic Ocean.

Forillon National Park

,Quebec’s Forillon National Park protects a range of varied ecosystems, including natural prairies, seaside cliffs, lakes, and marshes. The park has remarkable hiking trails and boasts a cluster of traditional Gaspé fishing villages.

Waterton Lakes National Park

The Prince of Wales Hotel overlooks Waterton Lake in Alberta’s Waterton Lakes National Park. Outstanding scenery, sunny weather, and small crowds characterize this isolated park, the Canadian portion of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

Sirmilik National Park

One of Canada’s most accessible high Arctic parks, Sirmilik is home to a variety of marine and avian wildlife. The park’s Boyt Island offers stunning sights, and visitors may also catch sight of some of the hundreds of narwhals (such as these pictured here) and seals that inhabit the park.

Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq is the most geologically dynamic of the national parks in Nunavut. Sculpted by glaciers, the park is 85 percent rock and ice and has the highest peaks in the Canadian Shield. Mount Asgard, pictured here, and Thor Peak are dream destinations for rock climbers.

Banff National Par

An ice wall challenges a climber in Alberta’s Banff National Park. The first national park established in Canada, Banff spans a region of unparalleled mountain scenery and is open year-round for wildlife viewing, sightseeing, and other outdoor activities

Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve

Le Chateau (the Castle) rock formation juts out of the shoreline on Grand Island in Quebec’s Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve. Encompassing more than a thousand islands and islets, the park is famous for having the largest concentration of erosion monoliths in Canada.,

Mount Revelstoke National Par

British Columbia’s Mount Revelstoke National Park is best known for the scenic parkway that links the town of Revelstoke to the summit of Mount Revelstoke, a gentle parkland of tree-line woods and flowery meadows. Carpets of wildflowers are one of the park’s great attractions.,,,,,