World Heritage Sites

if you would like a complete list of all World Heritage Sites then go to this site:

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/index.html

the above list was adapted from the complete list which appears at:

http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm

 The 754 properties which the World Heritage Committee has inscribed on the World Heritage List (582 cultural, 149 natural and 23 mixed properties in 128 States Parties)

from an Albertan perspective, which can be said with pride is that out of the 13 sites listed as World Heritage Sites in Canada, a stunning 5 out of 13 sites are found within Alberta. Alberta is a truly exceptional province!

United States has 18 sites identified, with two adjacent sites being shared between the US and Canada.

While Mexico has 26 World Heritage Sites.

So in North America there are 53 World Heritage Sites in total.

North American World Heritage Sites:

from South to North they are:

MEXICO:

1987 Sian Ka'an 
1987 Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
1987 Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
1987 Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
1987 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Alban
1987 Historic Centre of Puebla
1988 Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
1988 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
1991 Historic Centre of Morelia
1992 El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
1993 Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
1993 Historic Centre of Zacatecas
1993 Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
1994 Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
1996 Prehispanic Town of Uxmal
1996 Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
1997 Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
1998 Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
1998 Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
1999 Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
1999 Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
2002 Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
2003 Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

the following link takes you to a map showing all of the World Heritage Sites found in the U.S.:

http://www.cr.nps.gov/worldheritage/sites.htm

1978 Mesa Verde
1978 Yellowstone
1979 Grand Canyon National Park
1979 Everglades National Park 
1979 Independence Hall
1980 Redwood National Park 
1981 Mammoth Cave National Park 
1981 Olympic National Park 
1982 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
1983 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 
1983 La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico
1984 Statue of Liberty
1984 Yosemite National Park
1987 Monticello and University of Virginia in Charlottesville
1987 Chaco Culture National Historic Park
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
1992 Pueblo de Taos
1995 Carlsbad Caverns National Park

 See also Canada and United States of America

CANADA:

1978 L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site 
1978 Nahanni National Park
1979 Dinosaur Provincial Park http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/featured/dinosaur/intro.asp
1981 SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) 
1981 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump  http://www.head-smashed-in.com/
1983 Wood Buffalo National Park
1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks*
1985 Historic District of Québec
1987 Gros Morne National Park
1995 Old Town Lunenburg 
1999 Miguasha Park
 
 

*The Burgess Shale Site, previously inscribed on the WHL, is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
 

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CANADA and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

1979 Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

Glacier National Park: http://www.nps.gov/glac/

Waterton National Park: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/waterton/index_e.asp

© Copyright 2003 Ted Ritzer. Last update: 8/10/2003; 10:18:56 PM.