Photos from the
Western Cordillera

Supporting provincial and territorial geography and social studies courses and home schooling from coast to coast to coast, including CGC-1D and CGC-1P

Appalachian Highlands

Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

Canadian Shield

Prairies / Interior Plains

Arctic Canada

Western Cordillera

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Bow River and CN Railway in the Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park, Alberta

Peyto Lake, Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park, Alberta

Moraine Lake, Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park, Alberta

Coniferous Forest, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta

Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Banff National Park, Alberta

Sedimentary Rock, Cathedral Mountain, Yoho National Park, BC

Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountains, Yoho National Park, BC

Canoeing on Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, BC

Icefields Parkway, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Athabasca River and Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Nigel Peak showing sedimentary rock of the Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Retreating Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Athabasca Glacier from the Columbia Icefield, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Glacial till and scraped rock from retreating Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Rock Striations from moving Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National park, Alberta

Rocky Mountain Peaks above Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Athabasca Glacier from the Columbia Icefield, Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, BC

Stream and eroded rock below Angel Glacier, Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Glacier Face and Ice Cave, Angel Glacier, Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park

Illecillewaet Glacier, Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park, BC

Glaciers, Glacier National Park, BC

Avalanche Shed, Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park, BC

Revelstoke Valley, BC

Revelstoke Dam, BC

View from atop the Revelstoke Dam, BC, with clearcut slope in the background

Cement Factory, rocky Mountain Foothills, Alberta

Dry Interior Plateau and Thompson River near Kamloops, BC 

Irrigation near Kamloops, BC

Clearcut Forestry, BC Interior

Old-growth Western Red Cedars, Revelstoke National Park, BC

Canada—US Border, Chief Mountain, Alberta

Appalachian Highlands

Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

Canadian Shield

Prairies / Interior Plains

Arctic Canada