{"id":6074,"date":"2017-01-10T19:56:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T19:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2017-01-10T19:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T19:56:26","slug":"canadas-national-parks-are-free-in-2017-get-you-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/canadas-national-parks-are-free-in-2017-get-you-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s National Parks are Free in 2017- Get you pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the spectacular Centennial year of the National Park Service in the United States, Canada is celebrating its 150th Birthday by making all of its national parks completely free!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/chimaniblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/7960461442_2680d1ddbf_k.jpg?w=301&amp;h=203\" alt=\"Banff National Park | Photo: James Wheeler\/CC by 2.0\" width=\"301\" height=\"203\" \/>That\u2019s right, our neighbors to the north have a collection of natural wonders that rival any the world over, and are letting you see them for free for the entire year. You can even have a free park pass delivered to you by Parks Canada, the agency that oversees the countries national parks and historical sites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commandesparcs-parksorders.ca\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/en\/parksb2c\">Click here to get your free Canada National Parks pass for 2017!<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2565\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2565\" src=\"https:\/\/chimaniblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/20820262662_a92b617c26_z.jpg?w=1566\" alt=\"Jasper National Park | Photo: Scott Meis\/CC by 2.0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasper National Park | Photo: Scott Meis\/CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Canada\u2019s offering of national parks is a welcoming contrast to those in the United States, with many of these parks located in remote northern areas, some require more than just packing up the station wagon and hitting the road, but for those that are looking to get the auto-tour experience, they have that too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2566\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2566\" src=\"https:\/\/chimaniblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/8091995685_760001673d_z.jpg?w=1566\" alt=\"Prince Edward Island National Park | Photo: Doug Kerr\/CC by 2.0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Edward Island National Park | Photo: Doug Kerr\/CC by 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parks like Banff National Park and Jasper National Park in Alberta provide stunning vistas in the Canadian Rockies. In the northeast, Fundy National Park, Prince Edward Island National Park, and\u00a0Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site can be reached by car when crossing the border from Maine into Canada; even Cape Breton National Park is accessible, if you\u2019re not afraid of a serious road trip.<\/p>\n<p>On the west coast, Pacific Rim National Park and\u00a0Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada give contrasting tastes of the Canadian Pacific region and the Yukon Territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the spectacular Centennial year of the National Park Service in the United States, Canada is celebrating its 150th Birthday by making all of its national parks completely free! That\u2019s right, our neighbors to the north have a collection of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/canadas-national-parks-are-free-in-2017-get-you-pass\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-off-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}