Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Vuntut National Park

I have been surprised by how Canada has quite a few National Parks which are "remote" to say the least. I suppose considering how a large portion of Canada is in the "far North" I should not be surprised by this. Perhaps a more accurate way to say this would be to say I am so impressed by how Canada is choosing to preserve remote places - whether lots of people will travel there or not! Apparently in Canada National Parks are not just places for lots of people to spend their vacations, they are places of incredible beauty worth preserving and protecting - Vuntut National Park is one such place for sure!

• Vuntut National Park covers 4,345 square kilometers above the Arctic Circle in northern Yukon and is one of Canada's most remote National Parks.
• There are no roads in Vuntut National Park, and fewer than 25 people visit each year.
• Vuntut translates to "among the lakes" in the local Gwich’in language and is pronounced as, "Voon-toot". 
• The park is distinctly split into two very different geographical zones: Old Crow Flats (South): A sprawling Ramsar-designated wetland complex featuring over 2,000 shallow lakes and peat bogs and The British Mountains (North): Two-thirds of the park consists of rolling foothills, rocky peaks, and river valleys. 
• Because Vuntut Old Crow Flats was part of Beringia, it was never glaciated during the Ice Ages, leaving the permafrost rich in ancient fossils.
• Established in 1995 under the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement, the park protects both the land and the traditional subsistence and cultural practices of the Vuntut Gwitchin people.
• The park serves as a vital sanctuary for Arctic wildlife and migratory birds: It is a major habitat and migration route for the massive Porcupine caribou herd, up to half a million birds flock to the Old Crow Flats every year to breed and molt, the area is also home to grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and moose.
• Remote and unspoiled Arctic wilderness, a First Nations history dating back millennia and the setting for one of the planet’s great animal migrations await the few who make the trek to Vuntut National Park.

You will find more information about Vuntut National Park at this link.