Female big horn sheep in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

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Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. It is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park, located in the Canadian Rockies in the Athabasca River valley. Jasper is 362 kilometers (225 mi) west of Edmonton. Jasper is 290 kilometers (180 mi) north of Banff, Alberta, with the Icefields Parkway connecting the Jasper townsite to Lake Louise in Banff National Park. It was established as a specialized municipality on July 20, 2001 and the governance of Jasper is shared between the Municipality of Jasper and the federal Parks Canada agency.

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Size: 4500px × 2989px
Location: jasper, alberta
Photo credit: © Michael DeFreitas North America / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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