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Tufa found in Nahanni National Park. The Nahanni National Park Reserve, sometimes known as "Headless Valley" or "Valley of The Headless Men" (after a series of unsolved historical deaths in the park), in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife), [4] protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.
Lost McLeod Mine is a legend of a lost mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The story has been featured in many books and magazines. The events in the legend have led to geographic locations in the Northwest Territories being named Headless Valley and Headless Creek located in Nahanni National Park Reserve.
The river is now the centrepiece of the Nahanni National Park Reserve. In April 1972, shortly before Faille's death, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and Pacific Western Airlines sponsored Faille to fly to Edmonton to present Nahanni to school groups. With the sound off, Faille narrated the film, pausing it to add tales of gold, missing people ...
The mining town of Tungsten, site of the Cantung Mine, is in the Mackenzie Mountains. Only two roads lead into the Mackenzie Mountains, both in Yukon: the Nahanni Range Road leading to the townsite of Tungsten and the Canol Road leading to the Macmillan Pass. The highest mountain in this range is Keele Peak at 2,952 m (9,685 ft), in Yukon.
Albert Faille (1887 – December 31, 1973) was an early pioneer, explorer, trapper and prospector of the Canadian North.. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1887.Faille spent his early years working in lumber camps, guiding tourists on canoe trips in the lake district about Duluth, and trapping fur-bearing animals in the winter months.
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...
The national park reserve covers an area of 4,850 km 2 (1,873 sq mi), [5] protecting the Sahtú Settlement Area of the upper South Nahanni watershed, which adjoins with Nahanni National Park Reserve; the two adjacent areas are, however, managed separately (similarly to Banff and Jasper, two adjacently-situated parks in Alberta). [6]
At the eastern limit of the national park it passes between the Liard Range and the Twisted Mountain, where it receives the Jackfish River, then continues in a meandered flow and empties into the Liard River at Nahanni Butte, 90 km (56 mi) north of Fort Liard, at an elevation of 180 m (590 ft). The South Nahanni River has been proven to run 563 ...