Added on December 26, 2007 and filed under National Parks, Nature Reserves, Yukon
A gem in the family of Parks Canada’s national treasures, Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada covers an area of 21,980 sq kms. It is a land of precipitous, high mountains, massive icefields and lush valleys that yield a huge variety of plant and wildlife species and provides for a host of outdoor activities. [...]
Added on and filed under National Parks, Nunavut
Sweeping glaciers and polar sea ice meet jagged mountains in Auyuittuq National Park of Canada. Established in 1976, Auyuittuq – an Inuktitut word meaning “land that never melts” – protects 19,089 sq kms of glacier-scoured terrain. Located in the most eastern Arctic, on southern Baffin Island, the park includes the highest peaks of the Canadian [...]