AHSC 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Waterton Lakes National Park, National Marine Conservation Area, Banff National Park

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Appl. Hum. Sc.
• Course: AHSC 310
• Professor: Randy Swedburg

Document Summary

Main emphasis in course on tourism = canadian national parks. Canadian national parks = mostly adventure tourism (soft hard) and outdoor recreation. Sites administered by parks canada = over 20 million visitors per year. This generates over 1 billion dollars to canada"s gdp = 38,000 full time jobs. Parks canada three main systems = national parks, national historic sites, national. Other areas under parks canada heritage = buildings, rivers, railway stations ect . There exists provincial, regional and municipal protected parks and areas. Intersections of groups = waterton lakes national park (1895) then also becomes a. Unesco biosphere reserve (1979) then also becomes a world heritage site and when combined with the u. s to become the waterton- glacier national park which then becomes the world"s first waterton glacier peace park. (1932) Another example is gros morne national park in newfoundland and that of l"anse aux meadows national historic site.