Rugged, windswept mountains rise abruptly
out of gentle prairie grassland in spectacular Waterton Lakes
National Park. Here, several different ecological regions meet
and interact in a landscape shaped by wind, fire, flooding, and
abundant plants and wildlife. The park helps protect the unique
and unusually diverse physical, biological and cultural resources
found in the Crown of the Continent: one of the narrowest places
in the Rocky Mountains. The highlight of Waterton’s sparkling
chain of lakes is the international Upper Waterton Lake, the deepest
lake in the Canadian Rockies. In 1932, the park was joined with
Montana's Glacier National Park to form the Waterton-Glacier International
Peace Park - a world first.
