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World Heritage Sites in Canada and the United States

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site	St Anthony, Newfoundland	1978	Cultural
Nahanni National Park	Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories	1978	Natural
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Patricia, Alberta	1979	Natural
SGaang Gwaay	Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia	1981	Cultural
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	Near Fort Macleod, Alberta	1981	Cultural
Wood Buffalo National Park	Northwest Territories-Alberta border	1983	Natural
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks¹	British Columbia-Alberta border	1984	Natural
Historic District of Old Quebec	Quebec	1985	Cultural
Gros Morne National Park	West Newfoundland	1987	Natural
Old Town Lunenburg	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	1995	Cultural
Miguasha Park	Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec	1999	Natural
Rideau Canal	South-eastern Ontario	2007	Cultural
¹ Comprises Banff National Park, Hamber Provincial Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Mount Robson Provincial Park, and Yoho National Park. Site extended in 1990.

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mesa Verde National Park	South-western Colorado	1978	Cultural
Yellowstone National Park	North-western Wyoming, south-western Montana, and eastern Idaho	1978¹	Natural
Everglades National Park	Southern Florida	1979²	Natural
Grand Canyon National Park	Northern Arizona	1979	Natural
Independence Hall	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1979	Cultural
Redwood National and State Parks	Northern California	1980	Natural
Mammoth Cave National Park	South-western Kentucky	1981	Natural
Olympic National Park	Western Washington	1981	Natural
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site	Near Colinsville, St Louis, western Illinois	1982	Cultural
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee	1983	Natural
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1983	Cultural
Statue of Liberty	New York harbour, New York	1984	Cultural
Yosemite National Park	East central California	1984	Natural
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville	Charlottesville, north central Virginia	1987	Cultural
Chaco Culture	North-western New Mexico	1987	Cultural
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Southern Hawaii Island, Hawaii	1987	Natural
Pueblo de Taos	Northern New Mexico	1992	Cultural
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Guadalupe Mountains, south-eastern New Mexico	1995	Natural
¹ Inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger from 1995 to 2003. ² Inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger from 1993 to 2007.

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British Columbia; United States of America; Canada; National Parks and Nature Reserves; Lunenburg; Yukon Territory; Newfoundland and Labrador; Alberta; Northwest Territories; Monticello; Gaspé Peninsula; Independence Hall; Liberty, Statue of; World Heritage Site; Queen Charlotte Islands

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