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One
of Jaspers famous natural attractions - Spirit
Island on Maligne Lake |
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Established
in 1907, Jasper National Park is the largest national park
in the Canadian Rockies with 10,878 square kilometres of
mountain wilderness.
Jasper
is the wildest of the mountain parks, and contains a superb
backcountry trail system as well as the world famous Columbia
Icefields, one of the only Icefields in the world accessible
by road. It is internationally-renowned for wildlife viewing,
and is home to some of North America's rarest animals, including
healthy populations of grizzly bears, moose, caribou and
wolves.
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