| | | | 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. ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT[1] -------------+-----------+-----+--------+----------------------------- Big Hole | | | | Battle-Field | Montana | | | | | | | Cabrillo | California| | | -------------+-----------+-----+--------+----------------------------- [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. E DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA (Number, 11; total area, 7945 square miles) ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- | |_Date of |_Area in| _Distinctive _Name of |_Location_|creation_| square | characteristics_ park_ | | | miles_ | ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- | | | | 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. | | | |