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Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
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Parks Canada
Government agency
Parks Canada is the agency of the Government of Canada which manages the country's 37 National Parks, three National Marine Conservation Areas, 172 National Historic Sites, one National Urban Park (Rouge), and one National Landmark (Pingo). It also manages 11 proposed national…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
National park
Park for conservation of nature and usually also for visitors
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protected and owned by a government. Although governments hold…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)