Parks Canada kicks off Canada 150 celebrations at the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
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Starting today, the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve is welcoming visitors for the 2017 season.
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Parks Canada invites the public to give their views on the draft management plan for the Lachine Canal National Historic Site
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Parks Canada is pleased to invite the public to give their views on the draft management plan for the Lachine Canal National Historic Site.
Heritage Lighthouses of Canada
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As part as the commemoration of the sinking of S.S. Valencia, three heritage lighthouse plaques were also unveiled for Cape Beale, Carmanah Point and Pachena Point Heritage Lighthouses.
The Sinking of the S.S. Valencia
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The sinking of S.S. Valencia off the west coast of Vancouver Island in January 1906 resulted in the deaths of 136 passengers, including 17 women and 11 children. This tragic accident led to a fundamental reformulation of the federal government’s policy of maritime safety and rescue in Pacific waters.
The Government of Canada Commemorates the Sinking of S.S. Valencia National Historic Event and three Heritage Lighthouses
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The sinking of the S.S. Valencia offered an opportunity for Canada to assert its national sovereignty while answering concerns raised by the catastrophe regarding Canada’s maritime safety and rescue policy.
Canada’s Land and Freshwater Conservation Target National Advisory Panel
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The Convention on Biological Diversity plan includes 20 biodiversity targets, known as the Aichi Targets, to be achieved by 2020 in order to reverse the global decline of biodiversity.
Federal and Provincial Governments Create National Advisory Panel on Canada’s biodiversity conservation initiative
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Canada is committed to conserve at least 17 per cent of our country’s land and freshwater through a network of parks, protected and conserved areas, and other effective area-based conservation measures by 2020
Parks Canada welcomes a LandMarks2017 Art Exhibition to Fundy National Park
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Parks Canada is proud to launch the LandMarks2017 student art exhibit on June 10th at 2:00 p.m., at the Salt and Fir Centre, in Fundy National Park.
The Government of Canada commemorates the Sinking of the S.S. Valencia National Historic Event
| Parks Canada | media advisories
Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada will take part in a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the Sinking of the S.S. Valencia National Historic Event.
Celebrate Canada 150 with a BioBlitz at Fundy National Park
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Fundy National Park will host several special events during its week-long BioBlitz celebration, offering hands-on ‘bio’ experiences fo rall participants.