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Townsite Management

Provide Responsible Environmental Stewardship and Heritage Conservation

The location and governance status of the townsites in national parks is shown in Table 27. Estimated permanent population of the townsites varies from 23 to 7,100 in the winter and between 350 and 8,300 in the summer.

Table 27: Profile of Townsites in National Parks

Governance Status	Townsite	Province	National Park of Canada
Administered by Park Canada	Field	British Columbia	Yoho
	Lake Louise	Alberta	Banff
	Waterton	Alberta	Waterton Lakes
	Waskesiu	Saskatchewan	Prince Albert
	Wasagaming	Manitoba	Riding Mountain
Self Governed since 1990	The Town of Banff	Alberta	Banff
Self Governed since 2002	The Municipality of Jasper	Alberta	Jasper

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