World Heritage Sites in Canada Petruk Anastasiya 9

World Heritage Sites in Canada Petruk Anastasiya, 9 th form, school 8

Ivváv National Park • The national park of Canada, located in the north of the Canadian territory of the Yukon. The park was established in 1984 as part of an agreement between the Inuit of the Western Arctic and the Government of Canada and was originally called the North Yukon. In 1992 the park changed its name. In Inuvialuit, Ivvavik means "place of birth, nursery".

Kuttinirpaak National Park Is a national park located in the north of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Kuttinirpaak is Canada's second largest and most northerly park, with the bulk located on Ellesmere Island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 750 km from the North Pole and 25 km from Greenland.

Herschel Island • The most northern point of the Yukon territory in Canada. Now the island is uninhabited.

National Park Reservations Guai-Haanas • The national park reservation of Canada, located in the southern part of Haida-Guai, in the north-west of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The territory of the park includes the southern half of the island of Morsby, the islands of Lyell, Cangit, Tanu, Barnaby and other smaller islands located near the southeast coast of Morsby.

Vuntut National Park • The national park of Canada, located in the north of the Canadian territory of the Yukon. The park was created in 1995 as a result of signing an agreement with the Indian community of Vuntut-Gvichin, which owns the land.

Wood Buffalo • National Park in the province of Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada. It was founded in 1922. It is located in the central part of Canada, where grassy prairies and saline meadow plains adjoin, where the herbivore feeds salt tolerant grasses and wild flowers. Also, the reserve is known for the fact that the wildest herd of American buffalo (about 2, 500 heads) lives on its territory, besides it is very rare the American cranes and pelicans become very rare, the elk, caribou deer, beavers, musk rats and wolves.

Lunenburg • A city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, about 90 km southeast of Halifax. Incorporated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 as a wonderfully preserved example of a British colonial settlement in North America.

Rideau Canal • The channel connecting Ottawa and Kingston. It is not only the oldest permanent channel in North America (opened in 1832), but also one of the first channels of the world, built for steampowered vessels.

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