National Parks and Human Interactions

Each year, thousands of people visit Canada's national parks. These parks represent the best of Canada's environment and provide a source of recreation for everyone.

Objective


This exercise will focus on Canada's national parks and how humans interact with them. You will look at the number of people that visit the parks each year. You will also examine why certain parks attract more visitors than others based on their location and the facilities they have to offer.

Before you begin this lesson you will need to download the data that is used throughout the exercise. The dataset for this lesson is available in .ZIP or .EXE format. Using the .EXE file, the data will be extracted to the correct folder when you double-click the downloaded file to execute it. If you are unable to download the .EXE file due to your network or service provider's security measures, download the .ZIP file and be sure to extract the data to the folder indicated in the lesson instructions. If you cannot download either of the files available here, contact your system administrator. If you have any questions, send an e-mail to K-12@esricanada.com.

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