June 23

On the 23rd in 1887, the Rocky Mountains Park Act became law in Canada. This act was drafted, passed and became law for the sole purpose of creating Canada’s first national Park, Banff National Park. Following as it does on the heels of Yellowstone National Park, created in 1872, Banff became the second National Park in all of North America. The Yosemite National Park, established by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864, was the first.