Alberta National Parks

Which is the largest park in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta?

• Banff

• Elk Island

• Wood Buffalo

• Jasper

This National Park is in the Canadian shield.

• Jasper National Park

• Elk Island National Park

• Waterton National Park

• Wood Buffalo National Park

It was first a fur trading post in 1813. It became a national park in 1907 and had the railway go through it by 1911

• Banff National Park

• Jasper National Park

• Waterton National Park

• Dinosaur Provincial Park

This is Canada’s first national park established in 1855 and it is the most visited in Western Canada.

• Jasper National Park

• Dinosaur Provincial Park

• Elk Island National Park

• Banff National Park

It was started in 1906 to protect a herd of elk. At the time that small herd was one of the last in Canada! In 1907 bison were brought to the park as well.

• Waterton National Park

• Dinosaur Provincial Park

• Elk Island National Park

• Wood Buffalo National Park

This National Park is part of the traditional territory and a place of significance for the Blackfoot and other Indigenous peoples in Southern Alberta.

• Waterton National Park

• Banff National Park

• Jasper National Park

• Wood Buffalo National Park

This park has some of the oldest, exposed sedimentary rock in the southern Rocky Mountains and is one of the windiest parks.

• Banff National Park

• Elk Island National Park

• Wood Buffalo National Park

• Waterton National Park

The Cave and Basin Hot Springs is part of this world famous national park.

• Jasper National Park

• Waterton National Park

• Banff National Park

• None of the above

This national park is not only an important refuge for bison, elk and more than 250 bird species, but is also an oasis of calm for day picnickers and overnight campers alike. It is close to the capital city of Alberta.

• Elk Island National Park

• Waterton National Park

• Wood Buffalo National Park

• Jasper National Park

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, it is home to free-roaming wood bison herds, the nesting habitat for endangered whooping cranes, and the world’s largest beaver dam.

• Elk Island Nation Park

• Wood Buffalo Nation Park

• Jasper Nation Park

• Dinosaur Provincial Park