Besides
the National Park System British Columbia has Canada's second largest
park system with hiking trails of more than 3,000 kilometres length.
The largest Provincial Park is Tweedsmuir Provincial Park with an area
of 974.046 hectares. The Delta Falls in Strathcona Park on Vancouver
Island are Canada's highest waterfalls and are also in the top ten of
the world's highest falls. One of the rarest mammals of North America is
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Together with the adjoining parks in the Yukon and Alaska the
Tasshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park (958.000 hectares) builds the largest
World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO.
British Columbia is home to the Glacier, Gwaii Haanas, Kootenay, Mount
Revelstoke, Pacific Rim and the Yoho National Park.
The most popular Provincial Parks are Mount Robson, Wells Gray, Okanagan
Lake and Shuswap Lake Provincial Park.
World Heritage Sites
British Columbia has following World Heritage Sites:
Sgaang Gwaii (Anthony Island)
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (Canada/USA)
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