Fonds jas-2610 - Culture, Ecology, and Restoration of Jasper National Park Research Project fonds

A multi-media representation of the history of the study area, a 60 square kilometer segment of the montane ecosystem in the Athabasca River Valley. This study area captures a broad spectrum of the historical processes experienced in Jasper National Park, including homesteading, railroad and highway construction, logging and rock quarrying.

Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.