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Parks Canada NORTHERN CANADA Discover PARKS CANADA Wood Buffalo National Park PARKSPARKS CANADA CANADA IN INTHE CANADIANNORTHERN PRAIRIESCANADA Nahanni National Park Reserve AT A GLANCE NATIONAL 416 1913 HISTORIC NATIONAL SITES NATIONAL SITES PARKS Kluane National Park and Reserve THE WORLD’S LARGEST LEAD PARTNER1ST RECORDED ONE OF THE IN THE DISCOVERYFIND OF Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve BEAVER WORLD’S LARGEST OF BOTH OF WELCOME! DAM DINOSAUR POLAR BEAR THE FRANKLIN TABLE OF CONTENTS Discover a thrilling land of midnight sun and northern REMAINS IN lights, of icebergs and soaring High Arctic wilderness (It can be seen from SPACE!) DENNING SITES EXPEDITION SHIPS 2 The Klondike gold rush where Indigenous cultures thrive. CANADA 5 Conserving for the future 6 Staff favourites Whether you’re looking for adventure or a break from the everyday, Parks Canada has countless unique 8 Epic adventures experiences to suit your needs. 15 Make it happen 16 Northern Canada map Learn more about how we’re working hard to fight climate change and discover how you can become Directory a ‘citizen scientist’ and help protect biodiversity. BE INSPIRED! 17 Yukon 40+ RED CHAIRS COME… HIKE, BIKE, 18 Northwest Territories Memories await. #SHARETHECHAIR CAMP, SWIM, PADDLE, 19 Nunavut LEARN, PLAY… 21 Manitoba 21 Newfoundland and Labrador 1 10-DAY ITINERARY THE KLONDIKE PLAN YOUR VISIT AT PARKSCANADA.GC.CA/VISIT GOLD RUSH AND DISCOVER OTHER ITINERARIES FROM WHITEHORSE TO DAWSON CITY ROUNDTRIP Crowe Government/D. © Yukon 1,695 km LOCATIONS Kluane National Park and Reserve DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 5 DAY 6 Chilkoot Trail, S.S. Klondike, Dawson Historical Carcross, 70 km from Whitehorse CHILKOOT TRAIL S.S. KLONDIKE DAWSON HISTORICAL DISCOVERY CLAIM AND Complex, S.S. Keno, Discovery Claim and COMPLEX AND S.S. KENO DREDGE NO. 4 then take the train to Bennett Ready for another day of discovery? Climb aboard the S.S. , a restored flagship of the British Yukon Dredge No. 4 National Historic Sites Klondike Go back in time and follow the Take the legendary Chilkoot Trail Navigation Company sternwheel fleet. From there, a stroll on the banks of Tour the “Paris of the North”. Get a Explore the Klondike goldfields! Visit footsteps taken by the dreamers of and walk in the footsteps of the the Yukon River will take you to McBride Museum and the Kwanlin Dün behind-the-scenes look at Dawson the Discovery Claim, follow the trail the era along the Klondike Highway. gold-seekers who made it to the Cultural Centre. Watch the water and you may see a family of beavers City. Visit Robert Service’s cabin. and stand in the spot where the Klondike. Board the train back to building a lodge. Keep an eye to the sky for circling golden eagles. nugget that started the Klondike U.S.A. Travel to Carcross, then hop on Get to know the quirky personality Carcross; when you arrive, check gold rush was found in 1896. DAYS board the White Pass and Yukon of the “Bard of the Yukon”. Board out the Commons – a modern day Chicken 4-6 Route train and step into the wilds the S.S. Keno. Visit the stately Visit Dredge No. 4, the enormous First Nations commercial village – DAY 4 of the North in Bennett. Explore Commissioner’s Residence, or test machine that dug up creek beds Dawson City before returning to Whitehorse. KLONDIKE the ruins of the city, a boom town Dawson City, 550 km from Whitehorse your mettle in the Escape Room. to bring gold to the surface. Millions that had its glory years during the Can you do it all? of dollars’ worth of gold were left Travel north to Dawson City and check out Five Finger Rapids along the way. gold rush. behind by gold rush hand miners. Take advantage of the midnight sun to wander streets where historical buildings camp in Parks Canada’s blend into the living town. Imagine thousands of gold-seekers-of-old milling YUKON campground on the shores about the busy streets. Feel the history which infuses every aspect of modern of Bennett Lake DAYS life in this iconic gold rush town. 7-10 DAY 3 Haines Junction Whitehorse Carcross Bennett DAYS 1-2 B.C. 2 3 CONSERVING FOR THE FUTURE THE CHALLENGE THE RESULT? How do we identify natural areas Tallurutiup Imanga, in Lancaster to protect for future generations? Sound, is now being established as a National Marine Conservation As a country of wild open spaces, Canada Area by the Inuit of Nunavut and has the opportunity to become a world Parks Canada. leader in conservation, protecting natural areas and providing a safe habitat for species at risk. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Scientific studies and Indigenous knowledge help Parks Canada to better understand the importance of natural areas. © Mark Mallory GET INVOLVED NOW IT’S YOUR TURN CARING FOR KOKANEE From the ocean, to river, to lake: learn how the park is working to understand DAY 7-8 DAY 9 DAY 10 recent fluctuations in the Kokanee salmon numbers. KLUANE Already up? Get your hiking gear Wake up and spend a morning Kluane National Park and Reserve p. 17 Haines Junction, 850 km from Dawson City, passing through Alaska together, put on your shoes and set soaking up the scenery at Kathleen Travel along the aptly named Top of the World Highway through Chicken, off to discover the amazing Kluane Lake. Go birdwatching along the JOIN PARKS CANADA RESEARCHERS Alaska and back along the Alaska Highway to Kluane. Don’t forget to stop by landscapes on foot! Dezadeash River Trail. There’s Help Parks Canada scientists with research such as water and vegetation still time to enjoy the views from the Natural History Museum in Burwash Landing. How about a hike up the King’s sampling, raptor nest studies, fish sampling and remote camera monitoring the Rock Glacier Trail before Stretch your legs on the Soldier’s Summit Trail, located near the Tachäl Dhäl Throne? Perhaps a paddle on the during a guided rafting trip along the Firth River. heading back. Visitor Centre. Keep your eyes peeled, you might get lucky and catch a glimpse crystal-clear waters of Kathleen Ivvavik National Park p. 17 of some Dall sheep. Lake is more your thing. Return to Whitehorse, 155 km Garnham Canada/Tyler © Parks Make a stop to plan the rest of your trip in Haines Junction at the oTENTik, CAPE MERRY BIOBLITZ Da K Culture Centre. ų Kathleen Lake Campground Team up with scientists to help record the rich biodiversity around the Cape camp at Kathleen Lake Merry battery. Discover, map and record plants, insects and birds. Learn about Campground nature and help support its protection. Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site p. 21 4 5 2 STAFF FAVOURITES Get the inside scoop on the very best way to enjoy our parks and sites from Parks Canada pros! 3 4 INSPIRATION FRIEZE SUMMIT 2 POINT 3 ART 4 LAKE VIEW “The mountains soaring above you at Inspiration “Blink and you could miss this tiny section of faded “Whether you ski the Akshayuk Pass in the glittering Point in Ivvavik National Park and the wide valley wallpaper in the sunroom of the Commissioner’s ice and snow of spring, or hike through the rainbow below you are spectacular. Learning to view this Residence in Dawson City. It’s what remains of a of wildflowers in summer or the crimson and gold landscape through the caring and connected eyes frieze hand-painted by former Canadian politician tundra of fall, it’s hard to beat a Summit Lake view of our local Inuvialuit guides is absolutely and influential Yukoner, Martha Black. I love the in Auyuittuq National Park.” heartwarming.” way this small, delicate, personal touch contrasts Barb — Visitor Experience Manager 1 Sarah — Resource Management Officer with the stately furnishings in the home.” Jenna — Public Outreach Education Officer KLUANE SALLIKULUK HIKE ALONG UNIQUE 1 ICEFIELDS 5 6 THE HUDSON BAY 7 HOT SPRINGS “Rose Island, (Sallikuluk in Inuktitut) has been “When I first visited Kluane National Park in 1994, I couldn’t used by generations of Inuit who have lived, hunted, “Vibrant wildflowers in bloom, 18th-century graffiti “Whenever I go to Grizzly Bear Hot Springs in imagine the immensity of the Icefields since they aren’t and gathered here. Part of Torngat Mountains etched in stone, and beluga whales swimming off Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve, there is one National Park, this small island in Saglek Bay is in the distance – the hike from Sloop Cove to Prince place that I try to catch a few minutes to just sit. visible from the Alaska Highway. Now I know... I’ve been up a resting place for Inuit with over 600 traditional of Wales Fort National Historic Site is a breathtaking It’s a big, flat rock at the source of Shúhzhié káili there for two camping trips at the Discovery Base Camp. Inuit rock graves. When you step onto the island site to see and experience.” (The Creek Is Flowing Out of the Mountain). Watching Spectacular!” you know you have arrived at a truly special place.” Duane — Acting Visitor Experience Manager the creek flow straight out of the rock and listening Elise — External Relations Gary — Park Superintendent to its bubbling notes, I like to think it’s the music the Elders say the mountains are keeping.” Lyn — Former Visitor Experience Team Leader 6 7 EXPERIENCE DEHÉ AN ARCTIC OASIS CLASSIC IVVAVIK NATIONAL PARK NAHANNI NATIONAL Join us on a guided, multi-day Arctic base camp trip into the heart of Ivvavik National Park.
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