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Yoho National Park

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Yoho National Park lies in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, along the western slope of the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. Established on October 10, 1886, it covers about 1,313 square kilometers of ice fields and mountain peaks that rank among the highest in the Canadian Rockies, and forms part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site designated in 1984. Yoho gained particular scientific importance in 1909 with the discovery of the Burgess Shale fossil deposit, a find that reshaped understanding of the early evolution of multicellular life.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Parks Canada 1
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1. Yoho National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Yoho National Park ( YOH-hoh) is a national park of Canada.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Parks Canada
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    Established on October 10, 1886, it covers about 1,313 square kilometers of ice fields and mountain peaks that rank among the highest in the Canadian Rockies, and forms part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site designated in 1984.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Parks Canada
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