Ivvavik National Park
Encyclopedia
Ivvavik National Park is a national park
located in the Yukon
, Canada
. Meaning "nursery" or "birthplace" in Inuvialuktun
, this was the first national park to be established as a result of a land claim agreement with its natives.
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National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
located in the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Meaning "nursery" or "birthplace" in Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun, or Western Canadian Inuit language, Western Canadian Inuktitut, Western Canadian Inuktun comprises three Inuit dialects spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by those Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuk .Inuvialuktun is spoken by the Inuit of the Mackenzie River delta...
, this was the first national park to be established as a result of a land claim agreement with its natives.
See also
- National Parks of Canada
- List of National Parks of Canada
- List of Yukon parks
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