Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve

Many National Parks are places where entire families are able to go to learn about and experience the beauty and wonder of nature in all its glory, but some National Parks are place for people who are highly experienced when it comes to safely working their way through rugged, wild nature - Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is once such place.

• Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is a remote nearly 5000 square kilometer wilderness in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
• Created in 2014, Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve protects the headwaters of the South Nahanni River.
• Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is celebrated for its world-class whitewater paddling, rugged off-grid hiking, and extreme isolation.
• "Nááts'įhch'oh" translates to 'the mountain that's sharp like a porcupine' in the local Dene language and is named after a sacred, spine-like mountain peak which holds deep cultural power for the Shúhtaot'ine (Mountain Dene) people.
• The park protects three challenging headwater rivers of the Tehjeh Deé (South Nahanni River).
• Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve has no established or marked trails.
• Hikers and paddlers can soak in natural hot springs, such as the Grizzly Bear Hot Springs and Broken Skull Hot Spring, which are surrounded by alpine meadows and wildflowers.
• The undisturbed Mackenzie Mountains valleys serve as vital habitat for wildlife, including grizzly bears, mountain caribou, Dall's sheep, and wolves.
• Packrafting is an increasingly popular activity in Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve. 
• Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is located in the traditional homelands of the Sahtu Dene and Métis and Dehcho First Nations. They used these lands extensively, and for some groups, such as the Shúhtaot’ine, they travelled in large seasonal rounds from the Dehcho (Mackenzie River) to Mount Nááts’įhch’oh and beyond.
• The word Nááts'ihch'oh is pronounced "NAT-ee-choh" (or more precisely in the local language, "Nats-inch-oh"). 
• Pronunciation Breakdown

• Nááts': Rhymes with "cats", but spoken with a short, sharp emphasis.
• ihch': Sounds like "ee" or "inch" with a very slight nasal tone.
• oh: Sounds like "choh" (rhyming with the word "go").

Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve looks amazing, but definitely like a place where you need to know what you are doing to spend time there. You will find more information about it at this link.