About Columbia Wetlands

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The Columbia Wetlands is a 15,070 hectare wetland in the Columbia Valley region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was designated a wetland of international importance on World Environment Day, June 5, 2005, and is the thirty-seventh such site in Canada. The wetland satisfies all the inclusion criteria of the Ramsar Convention. It is maintained by the Columbia Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (CWWMA, designated in 1996) and administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. It is also part of the Living Lakes Network.

It is "one of the longest intact wetlands in North America", is the headwaters for the Columbia River system, and "comprises a regionally unparalleled diversity".

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Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta, Canada

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Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

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Ralph Connor Memorial United Church (Canmore)

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Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station

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Banff Springs Hotel

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Banff Park Museum

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Cave and Basin National Historic Site

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Banff station

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Kootenay National Park

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Yoho National Park

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Bar U Ranch

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Big Rock (glacial erratic)

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Bowness Park, Calgary

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Hart House (Alberta)

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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Calgary)

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Edworthy Park

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Mewata Armouries

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Lougheed House

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St. Mary's Parish Hall

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Central Memorial Park

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Stephen Avenue

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Cathedral Church of the Redeemer

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Burns Building

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Confederation Park, Calgary

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Centre Street Bridge (Calgary)

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Calgary City Hall

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Fort Calgary

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Old Women's Buffalo Jump

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Banff National Park

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Lake Louise station

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Abbot Pass hut

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