Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains or 'Rockies'as they are sometimes called are a range of Mountains in Western North America.They stretch from the Northernmost part of British Colombia in Canada to New Mexico in the Southwestern part of the United States.The Mountains were formed from 80 million to 55 million years ago,since then erosion by water and glaciers has sculpted the mountain range into dramatic valleys and peaks.At the end of the last Ice Age humans started to inhabit the mountains.After Europeans such as Alexander MacKenzie and the Lewis and Clarke expedition started to explore the range,minerals and furs drove the initial economic exploitation of the mountains,although the range itself never became densely populated.Currently most of the range is protected by public parks and forest lands and is a popular tourist destination especially for skiing,hiking and fishing.Popular parks in Canada...
