Ivvavik National Park

Ivvavik National Park
The Firth River
Coordinates: 69 ° 31'11 "  N , 139 ° 31'30"  W.
Location:	Yukon , Canada
Specialty:	Tundra
Next city:	Inuvik
Surface:	10,168 km²
Founding:	1984
Visitors:	137 (2016/2017)
Address:	Parks Canada Agency Western Arctic Field Unit PO Box 1840 Inuvik Northwest Territories Canada X0E 0T0

The Ivvavik National Park ( English Ivvavik National Park of Canada , French Parc national du Canada Ivvavik ) is a Canadian national park founded in 1984 in the Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada with an area of ​​10,168 km². The park is the first national park in Canada to be created as a result of a territorial claim agreement, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement , between the Inuvialuit (a group of Inuit ) and the government. The administration is done by Parks Canada , together with the Inuvialuit. The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .

In the Inuvialuit language “Ivvavik” means something like “place where one is born”. Reindeer of the Porcupine caribou herd (Rangifer tarandus granti), a subspecies of the tundra reindeer , give birth to their offspring in this region of the three adjoining parks.

The park, along with the Vuntut National Park and the Herschel Island - Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, is on the tentative list for inclusion as World Heritage in Canada .

The park is located in the extreme north-west of the territory on the coast of the Beaufort Sea. In the south, the Vuntut National Park is directly connected and off the coast on Herschel Island is the Herschel Island - Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park. To the west the park borders on Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge there . The park is located in the British Mountains , the eastern foothills of the Brooks range and is traversed by the Firth River . To the east it is bounded by the Babbage River . At a height of at least 1760  m , Arthurs Laing Peak , named after the Canadian politician Arthur Laing , is the highest point in the park.

The nearest town is Old Crow , about 80 km south as the crow flies.

tourism

Due to its remote location and since there is no extensive access to the park, only a few tourists visit it each year (around 100). The park can be visited without a permit. A permit is required for various activities in the park, for example camping or landing in an aircraft.

Web links

Commons : Ivvavik National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ivvavik National Park , on Parks Canada , (English, French)
• Ivvavik National Park ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Ivvavik National Park (English)
2. ^ British Mountains. Peakbagger.com, accessed August 28, 2020 . 
3. ^ Canada National Park High Points. Peakbagger.com, accessed August 28, 2020 . 
4. ↑ About. In: Parks Canada. Retrieved August 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Regulations Summary. In: Parks Canada. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .