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  2. Kluane National Park and Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Kluane National Park and Reserve (/ k l uː ˈ ɑː n iː /; French: Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon. The National Park Reserve was set aside in 1972 to become a national park, pending settlement of First Nations land claims. It covered an area of ...

  3. Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

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    Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek is an international park system located in Canada and the United States, at the border of Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears ...

  4. Dall sheep - Wikipedia

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    O. dalli can often be observed along the Seward Highway South of Anchorage, Alaska, within Denali National Park and Preserve (which was created in 1917 to preserve the sheep from overhunting), at Sheep Mountain in Kluane National Park and Reserve, in the Tatshenshini Park Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park in northwestern British Columbia, and ...

  5. Sheep Mountain (Yukon) - Wikipedia

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    Sheep Mountain is a 1,953-metre (6,407-foot) mountain summit of the Saint Elias Mountains, in Kluane National Park of Yukon, Canada.It is known as Thechàl Dhâl by the Southern Tutchone people, meaning "Skin Scraper Mountain", referring to the thechàl, a flat stone scraper that was used to prepare animal hides. [3]

  6. List of fatal bear attacks in North America - Wikipedia

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    Canada, Kluane National Park, Yukon — Courtney was killed while hiking on the Slim's Valley trail in Kluane National Park. Her husband was also attacked but survived. Park wardens killed the bear. [173] October 9, 1995: Shane Fumerton, 32, male Bill Caspell, 40, male

  7. American red squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Kluane Red Squirrel Project webpage – Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon; Article on the American red squirrel – National Museum of Natural History; Mount Graham Red Squirrel Research – School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona; American red squirrel, Fletcher Wildlife Garden

  8. Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park - Wikipedia

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    Tatshenshini-Alsek Park or Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.The park is 9,580 km 2 (3,700 sq mi) in size. It was established in 1993 after an intensive campaign by Canadian and American conservation organizations to halt mining exploration and development in the area, and protect the area for its strong natural heritage and ...

  9. List of national parks of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Adjacent to the Ivvavik National Park and the American Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the park area was not glaciated during the last ice age and now hosts Pleistocene fossil sites. Remote and inaccessible by road, the park was established, and is operated, in collaboration with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation as part of that nation's Final ...