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A Pilgrimage To The Birthplace Of Canada’s National Park System

For 10,000 years, people from the Stoney Nakoda and other Indigenous nations climbed down rawhide ladders into a small mountain cave to drum, sing, pray and bathe. They believed the natural hot springs water was a gift from the Creator and Mother Earth and used it for blessings and healing.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 29th, 2024 2:42pm

Valles Caldera: A Diamond In The Rough?

Valles Caldera is a mountainous, forested landscape broken by sweeps of grasslands and which in places rises more than 11,000 feet in northern New Mexico. It is also, figuratively, a not quite 90,000-acre blank canvas upon which the National Park Service is working to create what it envisions will be a masterpiece.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

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Bodie Lighthouse At Cape Hatteras Open For Climbing April 26

The Bodie Island Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Caorlina will be open for climbing this year beginning Wednesday, April 26. Rising 165 feet, the Bodie Island Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the third lighthouse to serve this area.

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By Compiled From N... - April 13th, 2023 2:30am

Tales From A Seventh Generation Churchillian In Northern Manitoba

In a cozy and private meeting room of the Parks Canada Visitor Centre in Churchill, Indigenous Knowledge Weaver Heather Spence-Botelho launches her talk about being “seventh generation Churchill” by introducing herself in both English and Cree.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 29th, 2024 2:45pm

Johnston Canyon And Other Reasons To Love Banff In Winter

“Water is the most expressive element in nature,” Canadian watercolor painter Walter Phillips once mused. “It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.”

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By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:55am

The Other Side Of The National Park System

One of the most incredible experiences I've had in the National Park System was being able to watch the total solar eclipse of 2017 at Grand Teton National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 10th, 2023 2:30am

Taking An Icewalk Through Jasper's Maligne Canyon

As promised, Maligne Canyon wraps us around its icy finger with its spellbinding frozen waterfalls, giant icicles and frosted limestone walls.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 29th, 2024 2:46pm

Sections Of Dry Tortugas National Park Moat Temporarily Closed To Snorkeling

For anyone heading to Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida in the coming months, know that portions of the moat around Fort Jefferson will be closed to snorkeling as repairs to sections damaged by hurricanes are made.

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By Compiled From N... - April 4th, 2023 2:30am

Wildfire Closes Tuzigoot National Monument

A wildfire in Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona has led to the monument's closure while crews work to contain it.

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By Compiled From N... - April 3rd, 2023 2:25pm

Steamtown National Historic Site Releases Ride Schedule

Steamtown National Historic Site train rides in Pennsylvania resume for the season on Thursday, May 11. Steamtown's rail experience varies from short, 30-minute trips exploring the park’s historic railroad yard to full-day trips through the Poconos.

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By Compiled From N... - March 31st, 2023 2:30am

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