Introducing Ivvavik National Park
Ivvavik, meaning ‘a place for giving birth to and raising the young, ’ is situated along the Beaufort Sea adjoining Alaska and covers 10, 170 sq km. The park (www.pc.gc.ca/ivv avik) is one of the calving grounds for the Porcupine caribou herd; thousands are born over a three-week period beginning in late May.
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The park holds one of the world’s great white-water rivers, the Firth River, which can be navigated for 130km from Margaret Lake near the Alaskan border north to the Beaufort Sea. When the river meets Joe Creek, the valley narrows to a canyon and there are numerous areas of white-water rated Class II and III+.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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by North49 14 October 2007
#5, Thanks for the link. I hope that leads to some local information about the area.
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by North49 12 October 2007
Hi. I'm in the very first stages of planning a bike trip from the north of the Yukon, Canada, down to the south of Chile. Starting in…
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