- 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.
- Ivvavik National Park is located entirely north of the Artic Circle.
- Situated in the far northwest corner of the Yukon, this remote protected wilderness sits approximately 200 kilometers above the Arctic Circle and borders the Beaufort Sea and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Due to its isolation and zero road access, it is usually reached via chartered bush planes out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories.
- Wildlife viewing, photography and birding are all popular activities for park visitors traveling on foot.
- Some of the some of the natural inhabitants of the park include caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, foxes, muskoxen, gyrfalcons, and golden eagles.
- Regarded as the trip-of-a-lifetime by many, rafting the Firth River offers challenging Class IV rapids, epic canyons, breathtaking hikes, and many opportunities to view wildlife.
- Raft through slot canyons and mountain valleys on an expedition that takes you from the park’s interior all the way to the Arctic Ocean.
- Ivvavik is one of the most isolated parks in North America.
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