What is Jasper National Park?
{{Infobox Protected area | name = Jasper National Park | iucn_category = II | photo = Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield.jpg | photo_alt = [[Athabasca Glacier]] in Jasper National Park is the most accessible and visited glacier in the world. | photo_caption = [[Athabasca Glacier]] in Jasper National Park | map = Canada Alberta | map_caption = Jasper Park Location | location = [[Alberta]], Canada | nearest_town = [[Hinton, Alberta|Hinton]] | coordinates = {{coords|52.8|N|117.9|W|display=inline, title}} | area_km2 = 10878 | established = 1907 | visitation_num = 2,415,463 | visitation_year = 2022–23<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Parks |title=Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Open Government Portal |url=https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/57c69cfc-fc85-495b-9eef-555a08404034/resource/020bfd16-2079-4fa7-839f-f4cc8c19851c |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=open.canada.ca}}</ref> | governing_body = [[Parks Canada]] | website = {{Official website|url=https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/}} | world_heritage_site = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/304 304] }} '''Jasper National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It is the largest national park of the [[Canadian Rockies]] in Alberta. Its [[area]] is around {{convert|11,000|km2|abbr=on}}. It is to the north of [[Banff National Park]] and to the west of [[Edmonton]]. The park has [[glacier]]s of the [[Columbia Icefield]], [[Spring (hydrology)|spring]]s, [[lake]]s, [[waterfall]]s and [[mountain]]s. It is part of the [[Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/304 |website=UNESCO |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{National parks of Canada}} [[Category:1907 establishments in North America]] [[Category:1900s establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Geography of Alberta]] [[Category:National parks in Canada]] [[Category:Parks in the Canadian Rockies]]