Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
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Tatshenshini-Alsek Park is a vast wilderness area in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, renowned for its dramatic glaciated mountains, wild rivers, and rich wildlife, and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared with neighboring parks in Alaska and the Yukon.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
protected area
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provincial park ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
NERFINISHED
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Kluane National Park and Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | cold, wet coastal mountain climate ⓘ |
| containsRiver |
Alsek River
NERFINISHED
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Tatshenshini River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designation | Class A provincial park ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
coastal mountain
ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Government of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
deep river valleys
ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ icefields ⓘ rugged mountains ⓘ |
| governingBody | BC Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConservationValue |
habitat for large carnivores
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protection of transboundary river systems ⓘ |
| IUCNCategory | II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic glaciated mountains
ⓘ
rich wildlife ⓘ wild rivers ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northwestern British Columbia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
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Tatshenshini-Alsek river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfLargerRegion | Pacific coastal mountain range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
intact wilderness
ⓘ
outstanding glacial and fluvial geomorphology ⓘ |
| recreationalActivity |
backcountry hiking
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wilderness rafting ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType | natural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | part of a World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| wildlife |
Dall sheep
NERFINISHED
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bald eagle ⓘ grizzly bear ⓘ moose ⓘ mountain goat ⓘ salmon ⓘ wolf ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park
this entity surface form:
Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
subject surface form:
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Wrangell–St. Elias / Kluane / Tatshenshini-Alsek / Glacier Bay