The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

17 Apr 2015 | From Ronda of Canada

OFFICIAL POSTCROSSING

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks form a striking mountain landscape, that includes a full range of glaciation features and harbours the renowned Burgess Shale fossil site. Its highest peak is Mount Robson at 3,954 m. The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, with the adjoining Mount Robson, Hamber and Mount Assiniboine provincial parks (50°34'-53°28'N, 115°10'-119°32'W), are World Heritage Sites located at the continental divide of the central Rocky Mountains at their highest point. 

The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems. Active glaciers and ice fields still exist throughout the region. The area is known for its natural beauty and biological diversity. A total of 56 mammalian species have been recorded, and some 280 avifaunal species have been noted.

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks possess exceptional natural beauty, attracting millions of visitors annually.

The First Resort in Eastern Canada

Tremblant, Quebec, Canada

25 Oct 2013 | From Zon of the Philippines

POSTCARD SENT FROM CANADA

Zon, a former colleague and a close friend, sent me this postcard from Canada. She moved to Canada mid-2012.

Mont-Tremblant is a city in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec, Canada. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for ski resorts such as the Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, which is 5 kilometres from the village proper, at the foot of a mountain called Mont Tremblant (derived from local Algonquins who referred to it as the "trembling mountain").

The surrounding area also features hiking, cycling, canoeing, golfing, and a host of other outdoor activities.

Creepy IT Man

Not without my laptop

1 Oct 2013 | From Zack of Canada

OFFICIAL POSTCROSSING

The postcard is a copy of Meisterstein "Not without my laptop". The sender happens to be an I.T. Manager from Ottawa, Canada.

Canada's Natural Beauty

Baffin Island's captivating scenery

18 Sept 2013 | From Gleber of USA

OFFICIAL POSTCROSSING | POSTCARD SENT FROM USA

Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Named after English explorer William Baffin, it is likely that the island was known to Pre-Columbian Norse explorers from Greenland and Iceland and may be the location of Helluland, spoken of in the Icelandic sagas.

Gleber is Brazillian but have moved to New York January of 2013. He shared that New York is an amazing city with plenty of places to visit and a lot of tourists.

Superheroes, Unite!

Superboy and the Legion of Super-heroes

30 May 2013 | From Nik Zwiep of Canada

POSTCROSSING SWAP

Nik sent me this awesome postcard of a Superboy and the Legion of Super-heroes lithograph drawn by his favourite artist, Alex Ross. He thought of sending me an X-Men postcard, but he doesn't have any, he wrote. He also added that this is his favourite superhero group, and his favourite characters are Lightning Lad and Power Girl.

I'm a big Marvel fan, but I really love and appreciate this postcard.

My first Postcrossing postcard - Canada

The Legislature Building of Alberta, Canada

8 Jan 2013 | From Cherish of Canada

OFFICIAL POSTCROSSING

I started joining Postcrossing - an online project allowing its members to send and receive postcards from all over the world - October of 2012. And this is one of the first postcards that I received from that project.

It came from Cherish of Canada, 8 Jan, 2013. About the card: Alberta became a province officially in 1905. The Legislature Building was constructed between 1907 and 1912, and was designed by A.M. Jeffers in a Beaux-Arts style.