Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for TouristsMills, Enos A.
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Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists
Mills, Enos A.
National parks and reserves -- Canada; National parks and reserves -- United States; West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks
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Walnut | Arizona | Nov. 30,| 960 |Contains cliff dwellings of
Cañon | | 1915 | | much scientific and popular
| | | |interest.
| | | |
Bandelier | New | Feb. 11,| 18,000 |Contains vast numbers of
| Mexico | 1916 | | cliff dweller ruins, with
| | | | artificial caves, stone
| | | | sculpture and other relics
| | | | of prehistoric life.
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ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT[1]
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Big Hole | | | |
Battle-Field | Montana | | |
| | | |
Cabrillo | California| | |
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[1] "Lincoln National Park or Reservation" in Kentucky, Abraham
Lincoln's birthplace, was established in 1916 and is administered
by the War Department. It might well become a regular National
Park.
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DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA
(Number, 11; total area, 7945 square miles)
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| |_Date of |_Area in| _Distinctive
_Name of |_Location_|creation_| square | characteristics_
park_ | | | miles_ |
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| | | |
Rocky | Alberta | 1886 | 1800 |Scenic park; Banff Hot
Mountains| | | | Springs; Hoodoos; Lake
Park | | | | Louise; Victoria and Lefroy
| | | | Glaciers; Lakes in the
| | | | Clouds; Mount Temple, 11,626
| | | | feet; Valley of the Ten
| | | | Peaks; Mt. Assiniboine,
| | | | 11,860 feet; Bow River
| | | | Valley.
| | | |
Yoho | British | 1886 | 560 |Yoho Valley; Lakes O'Hara and
Park | Columbia | | | MacArthur; Takakkaw Falls;
| | | | Twin Lakes; Emerald Lake;
| | | | Natural Bridge; President
| | | | Range and Glacier;
| | | | Kickinghorse River,
| | | | Ottertail Range and Valley;
| | | | Fossil Beds.
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