VIEWS OF CANADA

The Goal CANADA, our home and native land! What a vast and beautiful land it is! Few people ever see its many faces and moods. I hope these images will kindle a sense of wonder while bringing substance to our patriotism. How they were chosen Forest, prairie, tundra and sea coast: so many landscapes! How to make sense of them all. Major features like the Rocky Mountains and Canadian Shield, with the Prairies in between, and the Tundra to the north, give a very general impression of the scope. Vegetation cover, influenced by the latitude and amount of precipitation, bring another level of detail. Parks Canada has fine tuned these to produce a list of 39 distinct Natural Regions. This agency intends to designate at least one national park in each of these areas. This website includes a two-page description of each region from Parks Canada's System Plan. This document was compiled in 1997, so the sections on existing and planned parks is quite dated, but the land descriptions are still accurate. I have supplemented this text with about ten photographs showing typical scenery. Additional information has been added, indicating the main communities present, important parks and land uses. I hope you enjoy the additional information included in the links I have added, indicated by underlining. Natural Regions 1 Pacific Coast Mountains 2 Strait of Georgia Lowlands 3 Dry Interior Plateaux and Mountains 4 Columbia Mountains 5 Rocky Mountains 6 Northern Coast Mountains 7 Northern Interior Plateaux and Mountains 8 Mackenzie Mountains 9 Northern Yukon 10 Mackenzie Delta 11 Northern Boreal Plains 12 Southern Boreal Plains & Plateaux 13 Prairie Grasslands 14 Manitoba Lowlands 15 Tundra Hills 16 Central Tundra 17 Northern Boreal Uplands 18 Central Boreal Uplands 19 Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Precambrian Region 20 Laurentian Boreal Highlands 21 East Coast Boreal 22 Boreal Lake Plateau 23 Whale River 24 Northern Labrador Mountains 25 Ungava Tundra Plateau 26 Northern Davis Region 27 Hudson-James Lowlands 28 Southampton Plain 29 St. Lawrence Lowlands 30 Notre Dame and Megantic Mountains 31 Maritime Acadian Highlands 32 Maritime Plain 33 Atlantic Coast Plain 34 Western Newfoundland Highlands 35 Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic Region 36 Western Arctic Lowlands 37 Eastern Arctic Lowlands 38 Western High Arctic 39 Eastern High Arctic Get Involved! I hope you will take part by submitting photos or comments to info@transitionmedicinehat.ca. Last modified January 23, 2026