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is a great wilderness, with four
3 " vast river canyons, hot springs,
Nahanni National and a spectacular undeveloped
Park Reserve waterfall, Virg inia Falls. The Did You Know?
falls are twice the height of
⌂ 10002-100 St, Fort In summer, northerly
Simpson ~ Fort Simpson Niagara but have less volume. Inuvik experiences
# Year round ∑ pc.gc.ca They boast excel lent flora and 56 straight days of
fauna; at least 16 species of fish
Nahanni National Park enjoy the cascades, and more 24-hour sunlight.
Reserve sits astride the South than 180 varieties of bird live
Nahanni River between the overhead. Wolves, grizzly
border with the Yukon and bears, and woodland caribou
the small settlement of Fort also move freely in the park. 4
Simpson. In 1978, it was one The park’s main activities
of the first places in the world are whitewater rafting and Inuvik
to be designated a UNESCO canoeing. In summer, water­ ~ n 2 Firth St; www.
World Heritage Site to protect sports take precedence over inuvik.ca
its geological history. The park walking tours as the rivers
thaw and the landscape bursts About 480 miles (770 km) north
into bloom. The park is usually of Dawson City, Inuvik lies at
reached by floatplane. the tip of the Dempster
Highway, the most northerly
road in Canada. The town has
only a very recent history.
The sheer cliffs Founded in the 1950s as a
and glassy lakes of supply center for military
Nahanni National projects in the NWT, Inuvik
Park Reserve prospered in the oil boom of

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