A wild horse grazes at Dungeon Provincial Park in Newfoundland and Labrador's Bonavista Peninsula, part of Discovery Geopark, which has just been named a UNESCO Global Geopark. It became Canada's first UNESCO Geopark in 2010. (GeGiGoggle/Shutterstock)Pimachiowin AkiAn expanse of boreal shield became Canada's first mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Site in 2018. Mistaken Point became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. In 2014, the Mikisew Cree asked UNESCO to examine the park and see if it still merited designation as a World Heritage Site.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 23:26 UTC