Results: World Heritage Sites in Canada

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There are 22 World Heritage Sites in Canada, with a further 10 on the tentative list. Wikipedia
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Located in Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows is an 11th-century Viking settlement at the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula and is the earliest documented European settlement in the New World. The complex contains eight turf houses: three dwellings, one forge, and four workshops used for ship repair. The architecture and artifacts are in the same style as those from Norse Greenland and Iceland from the same period. A minor boundary modification of the site took place in 2017. Have you ever been to this World Heritage Site?
Yes
9%
96 votes
No
78%
868 votes
Undecided
13%
142 votes
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Located in the Northwest Territories, Nahanni National Park is listed for its outstanding geomorphological features. The rivers of the park, in particular the South Nahanni River, carved deep canyons through the mountain ranges and created several waterfalls (Virginia Falls pictured). There are karst landforms, including limestone cave systems. The park is undisturbed and is home to animals of boreal forests, including grizzly bear, wolf, and caribou. Before today's survey, were you aware of Nahanni National Park?
Yes
12%
131 votes
No
74%
822 votes
Undecided
14%
153 votes
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Dinosaur Provincial Park, in Alberta, is a practically undisturbed semi-arid steppe with badlands topography. Fossils of more than 44 species, 34 genera, and 10 families of dinosaurs have been discovered in the park, representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs. More than 150 complete skeletons have been unearthed, together with several non-dinosaur fossils. They provide insight into the life in the area 77 to 75 million years ago. Would you like to explore the dinosaur fossils at this park?
Yes
41%
453 votes
No
35%
389 votes
Undecided
24%
264 votes
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SG̱ang Gwaay, in British Columbia, preserves a 19th-century village of the Haida people on the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the British Columbia Coast. The site comprises the remains of large cedar longhouses and several carved mortuary and memorial totem poles (some examples pictured). They illustrate the art and traditions of the Haida people. Before today's survey, were you familiar with the Haida people?
Yes
19%
212 votes
No
68%
756 votes
Undecided
12%
138 votes

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