Northwest Territories

Aulavik

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/aulavik/index_e.asp
• Location: On the Arctic lowlands on the north end of Banks Island
• Area: 12,000+ km² (4,633+ mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1992
• Historical:
• Features:
  1. Highest density of muskoxen in the world

Nahanni Reserve

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/nahanni/index_e.asp
• Location: In the South Mountains in the south-western corner of the Northwest Territories
• Area: 300 km² (116 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1972
• Historical:
  1. UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978
  2. The South Nahanni River a Canadian Heritage River in 1987
• Features:
  1. Canyons and falls of the South Nahanni River

Tuktut Nogait

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/tuktutnogait/visit/index_e.asp
• Location: In the northeast corner of mainland Northwest Territories, 430 km (267 mi) east of the town of Inuvik and 170 km (106 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.
• Area: 16,340 km² (6,309 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1998
• Historical:
• Features:
  1. 360 archaeological sites
  2. Caribou calving grounds

Wood Buffalo

• Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/index_E.asp
• Location: Straddles the border between Alberta and Northwest Territories
• Area: 44,807 km² (17,300 mi²)
• Proclaimed: 1922
• Historical:
  1. UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Features:
  1. Last remaining herds of wood bison in northern Canada

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