Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks are ready to welcome visitors over the May long weekend and throughout the summer. With new transit and shuttle…
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Parks Canada ready for ‘busiest weekend’
Parks Canada is excited to welcome visitors this coming holiday weekend. With so many great opportunities for visitors we have something to offer everyone in…
Fossil beds could lead to world-class museum
Perceptions by Gerry Warner What would cause close to 150 Cranbrookians to gather in a crowded, if elegant, meeting room to listen to a lecture…
What’s Under Your Feet?
The public is invited to a free lecture by Dr. Richard Hebda titled ‘What’s Under Your Feet?’ in the Royal Alexandra Hall on Wednesday, March…
Visitor increases for KNP in 2015
Like many parts of British Columbia, Kootenay National Park saw an overall increase in visitation last summer. At the Radium Hot Springs pools, visitation increased by 8.22%…
Mayhem lobster discovered in KNP
By Larry Halverson Friends of Kootenay Another new Burgess Shale species has been identified in Kootenay National Park (KNP). A 508 million-year-old predatory ‘lobster’ has…
Nightmarish Burgess Shale creature had relatives around world
The 505-million-year-old Burgess Shale in Canada’s Yoho National Park is famed for its bizarre marine animal fossils, most of which are thought to be found…
Burgess Shale worm provides crucial missing link
Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years Canada’s 505 million year-old Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, have yielded yet another…