This is a list of protected areas of Yukon. The Yukon, formerly called Yukon Territory and sometimes referred to as just Yukon[1] is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 35,874 people as of the 2016 Census.
National parks
editTerritorial parks
edit- Coal River Springs Territorial Park
- Kusawa Territorial Park
- Ni'iinlii'njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park
- Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park
- Tombstone Territorial Park
Parks that haven't been formally established yet (declared as "parks in progress"):
Habitat protection and special management areas
edit- Ch'ihilii Chìk (Whitefish Wetlands) Habitat Protection Area
- Ddhaw Ghro Habitat Protection Area
- Devil’s Elbow and Big Island Habitat Protection Area
- Ni'iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Wilderness Preserve and Habitat Protection Area
- Nuna K'óhonete Yédäk Tah'é (Horseshoe Slough) Habitat Protection Area
- Łύtsäw Wetland Habitat Protection Area
- Mandanna Lake
- Pickhandle Lakes Habitat Protection Area
- Tagish River Habitat Protection Area
- Ta'tla Mun Special Management Area
- Tsâwnjuk Chu (Nordenskiold) Habitat Protection Area
- Van Tat K'atr'anahtii (Old Crow Flats) Special Management Area
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Yukon Act, SC 2002, c 7". CanLII. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
External links
edit- Government of Yukon - Yukon Parks