Tuesday 9 November 2021

CANADA

This cover from Canada depicts 2 stamps celebrating 2 national parks. The stamp on the right features the Jasper National Park, a part of the UNESCO site Canadian Rocky Mountains Parks. The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of seven contiguous parks including four national parks: Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho. The area is known for its natural environment and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess Shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right from 1980 to 1984, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS designation.