If you are curious about discovering unique places in Yukon, then Ivvavik National Park needs to be on your "bucket list" as not only is it one of Canada's National Parks, but there is far more about this amazing place than snow and cold - which you might think about since it is in Yukon!
- Ivvavik National Park is adjacent to Vuntut National Park and the American Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- It has arctic tundra that was not glaciated during the last ice age.
- Ivvavik National Park contains the oldest river in Canada, the Firth River.
- It is the first national park created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
- It was initially named "Northern Yukon National Park", the park was renamed Ivvavik in 1992 for the Inuvialuktun word meaning "nursery" or "birthplace", in reference to the importance of the area as a calving ground for Porcupine caribou.
You will find my full post about Ivvavik National Park at this link.
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