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Glacier National Park, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Glacier National Park, 521 sq mi (1,349 sq km), SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts.; est. 1886. It contains extensive glaciated areas including Illecilliwaet Glacier. Snowcapped peaks, wi...

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

(Encyclopedia)Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 70,447 acres (28,531 hectares), W N.Dak., in the Badlands and on the Little Missouri River; est. 1947. There are three units—the North Unit, the Elkhorn Ranch Unit,...

Cascade Range

(Encyclopedia)Cascade Range, mountain chain, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, extending S from British Columbia to N Calif., where it becomes the Sierra Nevada; it parallels the Coast Ranges, 100–150 mi (161–241 km) i...

Manassas National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)Manassas National Battlefield Park: see Bull Run; national parks and monuments (table). ...

Natchez National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Natchez National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Saratoga National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Saratoga National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Tumacacori National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Tumacacori National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Independence National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Independence National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kalaupapa National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Kalaupapa National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Adams National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Adams National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...