Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
A park joining Waterton Lakes in Alberta with Glacier in Montana, set up as the world's first international peace park in 1932. The Canadian side meets prairie and mountains at Upper Waterton Lake, with the Prince of Wales Hotel above the shore.
- Where
- Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.9961, -113.9042
Get the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Alberta volume with your photos and a note.
Near Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Glacier National Park 28 km
More than 4,000 square kilometres of northwestern Montana on the Canadian border, taking in parts of two mountain ranges and more than 130 named lakes. It sits at the heart of the region called the Crown of the Continent, and the Going-to-the-Sun Road climbs across it over Logan Pass.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 86 km
A museum and archaeological site west of Fort Macleod in Alberta. For nearly 6,000 years Blackfoot hunters drove bison over the sandstone cliff here, and an interpretive centre built into the hill tells the story.
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park 167 km
A provincial park on the Milk River in southern Alberta, with tall sandstone hoodoos. It holds one of the largest groups of rock art on the Great Plains, carved and painted by Blackfoot people, who call the place Áísínai'pi.
Heritage Park Historical Village 222 km
A living history museum on 127 acres of parkland beside the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. It is one of Canada's largest, and a steam train and historic buildings bring the settler era back to life.
Calgary Tower 228 km
A 190.8 metre free standing observation tower in downtown Calgary. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty and Husky Oil, and it has an observation deck with a glass floor.
Kootenay National Park 260 km
A national park in southeastern British Columbia covering 1,406 square kilometres of the Canadian Rockies. It takes in parts of the Kootenay and Park ranges, the Kootenay River and the whole of the Vermilion River valley.
Dinosaur Provincial Park 262 km
Badlands along the Red Deer River about 220 kilometres east of Calgary. It holds one of the richest dinosaur fossil beds on Earth, with remains from some 75 million years ago, and visitors can walk its coulees on guided hikes.
Banff National Park 268 km
Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park, in the Alberta Rockies west of Calgary. It covers 6,641 square kilometres of mountains, glaciers, forests and turquoise lakes, and the town of Banff sits inside its boundaries.
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Questions
Where is Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park?
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is in Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Glacier National Park (28 km), Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (86 km), Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (167 km).
How do I get the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Alberta volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Alberta volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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