Waterton Lakes National Park
| Waterton Lakes National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Upper Waterton Lake
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Waterton Lakes National Park Location
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| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest city | Pincher Creek |
| Coordinates | 49°02′45″N 113°54′55″W / 49.04583°N 113.91528°WCoordinates: 49°02′45″N 113°54′55″W / 49.04583°N 113.91528°W |
| Area | 505 km2 (195 sq mi) |
| Established | 1895 (national park) 1979 (biosphere reserve) 1995 (world heritage site) |
| Visitors | 402,542 (in 2012/13) |
| Governing body | I.D. Council, Parks Canada |
| World Heritage Site | 354 |
| Improvement District No. 4 | |
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| Improvement district | |
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| Coordinates: 49°02′45″N 113°54′55″W / 49.04583°N 113.91528°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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 Alberta
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| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census division | No. 3 |
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| • Governing body | I.D. 4 Council |
| • Chair | Brian Reeves |
| • CAO | J. Scott Barton |
| Area (2016) | |
| • Land | 485.66 km2 (187.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 105 |
| • Density | 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| Postal code | T0K 2M0 |
| Area code(s) | 403, 587 |
| Website | Parks Canada |
Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, United States. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist Charles Waterton. The park contains 505 km2 (195 sq mi) of rugged mountains and wilderness.
Operated by Parks Canada, Waterton is open all year, but the main tourist season is during July and August. The only commercial facilities available within the park are located at the Waterton Park townsite. The park ranges in elevation from 1,290 metres (4,232 ft) at the townsite to 2,910 m (9,547 ft) at Mount Blakiston. It offers many scenic trails, including Crypt Lake trail. In 2012/2013, Waterton Lakes National Park had 402,542 visitors.
The park was the subject of a short film in 2011's National Parks Project, directed by Peter Lynch and scored by Cadence Weapon, Laura Barrett and Mark Hamilton.
In 1932, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was formed from Waterton and Glacier. It was dedicated to world peace by Sir Charles Arthur Mander on behalf of Rotary International. Although the park has a lot of diversity for its size, the main highlight is the Waterton lakes—the deepest in the Canadian Rockies—overlooked by the historic Prince of Wales Hotel National Historic Site.
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