Yukon National Parks

There are three national parks in the Yukon. The wilderness park of Nuntut is located in the northwestern corner, and Ivvavik Park protects the Mackenzie Delta caribou herds.

The largest park in the Territory, Kluane National Park also contains Canada's highest mountain, Mt. Logan.

Clicking on the Parks Canada links will take you to the home page of the park for more information.

Ivvavik National Park- Ivvavik, meaning ‘a place for giving birth, a nursery', in Inuvialuktun, the language of the Inuvialuit, is the first national park in Canada to be created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement. The park protects a portion of the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd and represents the Northern Yukon and Mackenzie Delta natural regions. Parks Canada

Kluane National Park and Reserve - Kluane covers an area of 21,980 square kilometres. It is a land of precipitous, high mountains, immense icefields and lush valleys that yield a diverse array of plant and wildlife species and provides for a host of outdoor activities.

Kluane National Park and Reserve is also home to Mount Logan (5959 m/19,545 ft), Canada's highest peak. Kluane protects and presents a nationally significant example of Canada's North Coast Mountains natural region and the associated regional cultural heritage. Parks Canada

Vuntut National Park - Vuntut National Park was established in 1995 after extensive negotiations through the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation's Final Land Claims Agreement between the Vuntut Gwitchin of Old Crow and the Government of Canada and the Yukon.

Vuntut, which means "among the lakes" in the Gwitchin language, encompasses 4,345. sq. km of wilderness in the northwestern corner of the Yukon Territory. The park is bounded by the height of land and Ivvavik National Park of the north, the international boundary and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the west, Black Fox Creek to its confluence with the Old Crow River to the east and the Old Crow River to the south. Parks Canada

See also

Birding North Canada

The Yukon Territory

Amphibians of the Territories

Reptiles of the Territories