On Our Way To Jasper National Park

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On Our Way ToJasper National Park
Jasper Town site

• Presented By Janet and
• Jessica

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Introduction

• Jasper National Park lies in the rocky mountains
  of western Alberta. It has magnificent mountain
  scenery like large glaciers, beautiful lakes and
  rivers, and abundant wildlife. Jasper offers
  first class visitor attractions, facilities and
  services. It is Canadas largest rock mountain
  park and is North Americas largest natural area.
  Jasper covers about 10, 878 sq.. km!

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Tourism

• Accommodations in Jasper are great, they have a
  lot of lodges and hotels.
• If you would like to try something new you may
  find a few bed and breakfasts.
• Jasper offers a wide range of tours, there are
  more than 40 different attractions.
• In the summer there is live theater at the Jasper
  Inns Dinner.
• They also hold the world famous Jasper Heritage
  Folk Festival every two years.

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Recreation

• In the summer there are activities such as
  fishing, hiking, camping, horseback riding, and
  white-water rafting.
• In the winter there are cross country and
  downhill skiing.

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Attractions

• One of the reasons why you should visit
  Jasper National Park is because it has a lot of
  wonderful attractions, scenery and historical
  site.The Athabasca Falls is the most powerful and
  breathtaking falls in the rocky mountains. It
  flows through a gorge, where the walls have been
  smoothed and transformed by the great force of
  the rushing water.

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Population

• In Jasper, the population changes drastically
  from season to season.
• A few years ago a census was taken and the total
  number of people was 4, 697.
• People dont stay in Jasper permanently. Theyre
  always coming and going for different reasons.
• The housing in Jasper is limited and expensive,
  there isnt much space to build houses in the
  Rockies.

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Ecosystem

• Jasper National Parks mountain landscapes were
  formed by a variety of geological events over
  millions of years.
• The altitude difference influences its climate.
  Higher altitudes mean colder and wetter. Lower
  altitudes will make it warmer and drier.

Jasper is usually colder and wetter than
areas to the west.
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Climate and Weather

• Weather in Jasper is unpredictable.
• Icy winds come in mid-summer and Chinooks come to
  warm a day in January.
• Spring arrives in Mid-April, it reaches the high
  country by Mid-June.
• July is the warmest month of the year.
• September and October has cool weather and
  January is the coldest month.
• Long winter seasons are varied with periods of
  cold and stormy weather.

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History Timeline

• 1907, Jasper was established by the Dominion
  Government. Jasper forest was born.
• 1908, The town of Pocahontas in Jasper National
  Park was created.
• 1909, Donald Curly Phillips becomes one of the
  parks first outfitters.
• 1919, The one big onion strike hits Pocahontas.
• 1921, The park begins to issue automobile permits
  and pushing for more roads begin.

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History Timeline Continued

• 1925, Golf course completed at Jasper Park Lodge.
• 1928, The road from Edmonton to Jasper was
  declared open.
• 1930, National Parks act as passed, outlining the
  parks mandate, protecting mining, restricting
  logging and updating boundaries.
• 1938, New bathhouse opens at Miette Hotsprings.
• 1939, Jasper to Banff highway completed.

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Historic Sites

• One of the important national historic sites in
  jasper national park is the Jasper Information
  Center. This Historic site is one of the fieriest
  and most idolized examples of rustic architecture
  in Canadas National Parks. It was designed by
  A.M Calderon and was completed in 1914.

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Conclusion

• My partner and I chose to do Jasper National
  Park because it is a successful and interesting
  place to visit. It is visited by over 2 million
  people every year. It has magnificent scenery, a
  whole lot of history, and many activities.

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Bibliography

• J. Dewey Soper, The Mammals of Jasper National
  Park. The department of Indian Affairs and
  Northern Development. 1970.
• Jasper National Park The World Book
  Encyclopedia 1998, volume J, page 65
• http//parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/jasper
• John Robert Colombo, The 1999 Canadian Global
  Almanac Macmillan Canada.
• All pictures Courtesy of http//parkscanada.pch.gc
  .ca/jasper