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Things to do in the Yukon

Gold-rush history, icefields, hot springs and the midnight sun — the sights worth your time, with real hours and honest entry prices.

Kluane icefields and boreal valley in the southwest Yukon
Things to do

Kluane National Park and Reserve

Canada's tallest peaks, the largest non-polar icefields on Earth, and grizzly-dense valleys within a two-hour drive of Whitehorse.

Free day use · $25 backcountry permitDetails →
Jagged black granite peaks of the Tombstone Range under autumn tundra
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Tombstone Territorial Park

2,200 square kilometres of jagged granite spires, permafrost tundra and Beringian wildlife along the Dempster Highway.

Free · $12 backcountry permitDetails →
British Mountains and Firth River in Ivvavik National Park
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Ivvavik National Park

A roadless Arctic park protecting the Porcupine caribou calving grounds and the wild Firth River, reachable only by bush plane.

From $6,500 fly-in tourDetails →
Old Crow Flats wetland complex in Vuntut National Park
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Vuntut National Park

A 4,345 sq km roadless wilderness of Beringian tundra and the Old Crow Flats, co-managed with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

Free · Charter access onlyDetails →
Historic whaling buildings at Pauline Cove, Herschel Island
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Herschel Island - Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park

Yukon's only Arctic Ocean island, a 19th-century American whaling station and now a climate-change frontline eroding into the sea.

Free · Charter from InuvikDetails →
Ice-covered grizzly bear fishing chum salmon in Fishing Branch River
Things to do

Fishing Branch Ni’iinlii Njik Territorial Park

The 'ice bears' of the Fishing Branch — grizzlies that fish chum salmon in an unfrozen river while covered head to toe in hoarfrost.

$7,500+ guided weekDetails →
Terraced tufa pools and mineral springs at Coal River Springs
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Coal River Springs Territorial Park

A rare set of active tufa terraces — travertine 'staircases' formed by mineral springs — in a remote corner of the southeast Yukon.

Free · Fly-in onlyDetails →
Boreal lakes and rolling hills of Agay Mene south of Marsh Lake
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Agay Mene Territorial Park

A newer 767 sq km park of quiet boreal lakes and moose meadows co-established with Carcross/Tagish First Nation.

FreeDetails →
Turquoise Kusawa Lake bounded by steep Coast Mountain peaks
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Kusawa Territorial Park

A 3,100 sq km glacial lake and mountain park an hour west of Whitehorse — the classic Yukon paddle and campground.

Free · $20 campingDetails →
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