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The Yukon's major appeal is its nearly
pristine nature. Tourism relies heavily on this, and there are many
organised outfitters and guides available to hunters and anglers and
nature lovers of all sorts. Sports enthusiasts can paddle lakes and
rivers with canoes and kayaks, ride or walk trails, ski or snowboard in
an organized setting or access the backcountry by air or snowmobile,
climb the highest peaks of North America or take a family hike up
smaller mountains, or try ice climbing and dog sledding.
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.
Kluane
National Park and Reserve - Located in the southwest corner
of
the Yukon, Kluane has Canada's highest peak (Mount Logan) and some of
the
most extensive icefields outside the polar region. A gem in the family
of Parks Canada's national treasures, Kluane
National Park and Reserve of Canada 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. As part of a larger system of
national parks and historic sites found throughout Canada, Kluane
National Park and Reserve protects and presents a nationally
significant example of Canada's North Coast Mountains natural region
and the associated regional cultural heritage. Fostering public
understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of Kluane National Park and
Reserve while ensuring ecological and commemorative integrity for
present and future generations is Parks Canada's goal.
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.
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