Tombstone Territorial Park
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Tombstone Territorial Park
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 View from North Fork Pass to Tombstone Mountain |
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| location | Yukon (Canada) | |
| surface | 2200 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 167557 | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 30 ′ N , 138 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 2000 | |
| administration | Yukon parks | |
The Tombstone Territorial Park is a 2200 km² provincial park in the Ogilvie Mountains in the Canadian Yukon Territory, making it the second largest of the Yukon Territory Parks .
The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .
investment
The park is about 110 km northeast of Dawson . The Dempster Highway from Dawson to Inuvik divides the park into two parts east and west of the road. The part to the west of the highway is about three times as large as the part to the east. Also on the highway is the Tombstone Interpretive Center , a visitor and information center. The park is named after the 2196 m high Tombstone Mountain , which is located in the western part of the reserve.
history
The Tr'ondek Haw'in and other First Nations peoples have been present in the region for at least 8,000 years. Over 78 archaeological sites bear witness to the continuous use of the region by the Indian peoples of Canada.
Flora and fauna
The landscape of the Territorial Park is characterized by permafrost soil with pingos and palsas as well as wide, spacious valleys covered with tundra . The cold air from the Arctic Ocean has encouraged the Arctic tundra to expand into the northern reaches of the park. There, forms of vegetation can only be found in much more northern latitudes as usual. The valleys of the Klondike and Chandindu Rivers in the south of the park are overgrown by boreal forests. The presence of many different forms of rock and minerals has resulted in soils that have produced a diverse flora.
The caribou herd Porcupine winters in the region, the Hart River herd stays there all year round. In addition to moose and Dall sheep , grizzly and black bears as well as 137 bird species, including gyrfalcon and golden eagle , live in the reserve.
Web links
- Official website (English).