CANADA

CANADA.

Glacier National Park.
Stamp issued on 15.08.1984.
Face value: 1 Canadian dollar.
Design: Brent Laycock (b. 1947) and William Tibbles.
Printing: Offset litography and recess.
Engraved and printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa.
Print: 47,747,500 copies.
Size: 48 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 923.
- Scott No. 934.
- StampWorld No. 923.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 884.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 887.

Glacier National Park one of seven national parks in British Columbia. Established in 1886, the park encompasses 1,349 km² (521 sq mi), and includes a portion of the Selkirk Mountains which are part of the larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Site. The park’s history is closely tied to two primary Canadian transportation routes, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), completed in 1885, and the Trans-Canada Highway, completed in 1963. The park has 131 glaciers over 0.05 km² (0.019 sq mi) in size, covering 133 km² (51 sq mi); due to its location near the highway and railway, the Illecillewaet Glacier is the most visited and photographed. The highest point in the park is Mount Dawson, at 3,377 m (11,079 ft). The precipitous Mount Sir Donald stands at 3,284 m (10,774 ft), Mount Macdonald at 2,883 m (9,459 ft) and Mount McNicoll at 2,610 m (8,560 ft).

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).