Part 24
Niagara Falls
International
Stupendous waterfall; might well
Park between
become an international park.
Canada, and
New York near
Buffalo
Mount Shasta
Northern
Highest peak in northern
California
California; alpine flowers;
lava deposits; scenery.
Mount Hood
Northern
Volcanic peak; icefields and
Oregon, near
forests.
Columbia River
Roosevelt
Arizona
Enormous dam; vast reservoirs; Project
desert areas; cactus park;
historic ground.
Canon de Ch.e.l.ly
Arizona
Towering monolithic rocks; high
vertical colored canons; cliff
dwellings.
Sierra Madre
Near Los
Sierra Madre mountains; rare plant
Angeles,
life; commands unusual scenes.
California
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D
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
ADMINISTERED BY THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
----------+----------+---------+--------+-------------------------------- _Name_
_Location_
_When
_Area
_Description_
created_
(acres)_
----------+----------+---------+--------+--------------------------------
Devil's
Wyoming
Sept. 24,
1152
Remarkable natural rock tower, Tower
1906
of volcanic origin, 1200 feet
in height.
Montezuma
Arizona
Dec. 8,
160
Prehistoric cliff dwelling ruin Castle
1906
of unusual size, situated in a
niche in face of a vertical
cliff; of scenic and
ethnological interest.
El Morro
New
Dec. 8,
160
Enormous sandstone rock eroded
Mexico
1906
in form of a castle, upon
which inscriptions have been
placed by early Spanish
explorers; contains cliff
dweller ruins; of great
historic, scenic, and
ethnological interest.
Chaco
New
Mar. 11,
20,629
Contains numerous cliff dweller Canon
Mexico
1907
ruins, including communal
houses in good condition
and but little excavated.
Muir Woods
California
Jan. 9,
295
Contains one of the most noted
1908
redwood groves in California;
was donated by Hon. William
Kent, Member of Congress;
located seven miles from San
Francisco.
Pinnacles
California
Jan. 16,
2080
Contains many spirelike rock
1908
formations, 600 to 1000 feet
high, which are visible for
many miles; also numerous
caves and other formations.
Tumacacori
Arizona
Sept. 15,
10
Contains ruins of Franciscan
1908
mission dating from sixteenth
century, until recent years
in fair preservation, but now
rapidly disintegrating.
Mukuntuweap
Utah
July 31
15,840
Contains magnificent gorge,
1909
depth from 800 to 2000 feet,
with precipitouswalls and many
waterfalls. Of great beauty
and scenic interest.
Shoshone
Wyoming
Sept. 21,
210
Cavern of considerable extent, Cavern
1909
located near Cody.
Natural
Utah
Sept. 25,
2740
Contains three natural bridges, Bridges
1909
among largest examples of
their kind. Largest bridge is
222 feet high, 65 feet thick
at top of arch; arch is 28
feet wide; span 261 feet;
height of span 157 feet. Other
two are only slightly smaller.
Gran
New
Nov. 1,
160
One of the most important of Quivira
Mexico
1909
earliest Spanish mission ruins
in the Southwest. Monument
also contains Pueblo ruins.
Sitka
Alaska
Mar. 23,
57
Park of great natural beauty
1910
and historic interest as scene
of ma.s.sacre of Russians by
Indians. Contains 16 totem
poles of best native
workmanship.
Rainbow
Utah
May 30,
160
Unique natural bridge of great Bridge
1910
scientific interest and
symmetry. Height 309 feet
above water; span is 278 feet,
in shape of rainbow.
Lewis
Montana
May 16,
160
Immense limestone cavern of and
1911
great scientific interest, Clark
magnificently decorated with Cavern
stalact.i.te formations. Cavern
now closed to public because
of depredations by vandals.
Colorado
Colorado
May 24,
13,883
Contains many lofty monoliths
1911
and is wonderful example of
erosion; of great scenic
beauty and interest.
Petrified
Arizona
July 31,
25,625
Contains abundance of petrified Forest
1911
coniferous trees, one of which
forms a small natural bridge.
Is of great scientific
interest.
Navajo
Arizona
Mar. 14,
360
Contains numerous pueblo or
1912
cliff dweller ruins, in good
preservation.
Papago
Arizona
Jan. 31,
2050
Contains splendid collection Saguaro
1914
of characteristic desert flora
and numerous pictographs.
Interesting rock formations.
Dinosaur
Utah
Oct. 4,
80
Contains deposits of fossil
1915
remains of prehistoric animal
life of great scientific
interest.
Sieur de
Mount
July 8,
About
Beautiful island scenery, Monts
Desert
1916
5000
mountains, lakes, meadows,
Island,
numerous varieties of birds
Maine
and plants. Historical
a.s.sociations.
Capulin
Northeast
1916
681
Magnificent specimen of a
Corner
volcanic cinder cone, 8000
New
feet high; crater 1500 feet
Mexico
in diameter, cone-shaped;
numerous "blister cones."
ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- _Name_
_Location_
_When
_Area
_Description_
created_
(acres)_
----------+----------+---------+--------+-----------------------------
Gila Cliff
New
Nov. 16,
160
Contains numerous cliff Dwellings
Mexico
1907
dweller ruins of much
interest and in good
preservation.
Tonto
Arizona
Dec. 19,
640
Contains numerous cliff
1907
dweller ruins of much
interest and in good
preservation.
Grand
Arizona
Jan. 11,
806,400
Contains the most wonderful Canon
1908
portion of the Grand Canon
of the Colorado.
Jewel Cave
South
Feb. 7,
1280
Contains a limestone cavern
Dakota
1908
of much beauty and
considerable extent, limits
of which are as yet unknown.
Wheeler
Colorado
Dec. 7,
300
Of much interest from
1908
geological standpoint as
example of eccentric erosion
and extinct volcanic action.
Of much scenic beauty.
Oregon
Oregon
July 12,
480
Extensive caves in limestone Caves
1909
formation of much beauty.
Magnitude not entirely
ascertained.
Devil
California
July 6,
800
Spectacular ma.s.s of hexagonal Postpile
1911
basaltic columns, like an
immense pile of posts. Said
to rank with famous Giant's
Causeway, in Ireland.
Mount
Washington
Apr. 17,
299,370
Contains many objects of Olympus
1912
great and unusual scientific
interest, including many
glaciers. Is summer range
and breeding-ground of
Olympic elk.
Walnut
Arizona
Nov. 30,
960
Contains cliff dwellings of Canon
1915
much scientific and popular
interest.
Bandelier
New
Feb. 11,
18,000
Contains vast numbers of
Mexico
1916
cliff dweller ruins, with
artificial caves, stone
sculpture and other relics
of prehistoric life.
ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT[1]
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Battle-Field
Montana
Cabrillo
California
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[1] "Lincoln National Park or Reservation" in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, was established in 1916 and is administered by the War Department. It might well become a regular National Park.
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DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA
(Number, 11; total area, 7945 square miles)
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_Date of
_Area in
_Distinctive _Name of
_Location_
creation_
square
characteristics_ park_
miles_
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Rocky
Alberta
1886
1800
Scenic park; Banff Hot Mountains
Springs; Hoodoos; Lake Park
Louise; Victoria and Lefroy
Glaciers; Lakes in the
Clouds; Mount Temple, 11,626
feet; Valley of the Ten
Peaks; Mt. a.s.siniboine,
11,860 feet; Bow River
Valley.
Yoho
British
1886
560
Yoho Valley; Lakes O'Hara and Park
Columbia
MacArthur; Takakkaw Falls;
Twin Lakes; Emerald Lake;
Natural Bridge; President
Range and Glacier;
Kickinghorse River,
Ottertail Range and Valley;
Fossil Beds.
Glacier
British
1886
468
Mount Sir Donald and highest Park
Columbia
peaks of the Selkirks; great
Illecillewaet and Asulkan
Glaciers; Nakimu marble
caves; Marion Lake, Rogers
Pa.s.s.
Revelstoke
British
1914
95
Mount Revelstoke; Park
Columbia
Clach-na-coodin Range and
Ice-Field; Automobile Road
building to summit of Mount
Revelstoke; Lake Eva.
Jasper
Alberta
1907
4400
Athabasca River and Valley; Park
Yellowhead Pa.s.s; the oldest
route across the Rockies;
historic a.s.sociations;
Maligne Lake and Canon;
Fiddle Creek Canon;
Punchbowl Falls; Mount
Robson, 13,036 feet, and
highest peaks of the
Canadian Rockies; Miette
Hot Springs.
Waterton
Alberta
1895
423
Waterton Lakes; Cameron Lakes
Falls, Bertha and Beaver Park
Lakes; beautiful Wilson
Range; exceptional fishing;
great game preserve.
St.
Ontario
1905
140
Among the Thousand Islands Lawrence
acres
of the St. Lawrence; Islands
especially for summer Park
campers.
Fort Howe
New
1913
19
Historic park; old fort; Park
Brunswick
acres
memorials of United Empire
Loyalists, French regime,
Lady Latour.
Buffalo
Alberta
1907
162
Animal park; home of the Park
Canadian government buffalo
herd, numbering over 2000
head.
Elk Island
Alberta
1899
16
Animal park; established for Park
the protection of the elk,
moose, deer; also herd of
buffalo.
Maple
Saskatchewan
1914
19
Animal park; established for Creek
the preservation of the Antelope
antelope.
Reserve
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