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
provincial park
adjacentTo Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED
Kluane National Park and Reserve NERFINISHED
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED
borderedBy Alaska NERFINISHED
Yukon NERFINISHED
climate cold, wet coastal mountain climate
containsRiver Alsek River NERFINISHED
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
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
Tatshenshini-Alsek river system NERFINISHED
partOfLargerRegion Pacific coastal mountain range NERFINISHED
recognizedFor intact wilderness
outstanding glacial and fluvial geomorphology
recreationalActivity backcountry hiking
wilderness rafting
wildlife viewing
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType natural
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of a World Heritage Site
wildlife Dall sheep NERFINISHED
bald eagle
grizzly bear
moose
mountain goat
salmon
wolf

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Mount Fairweather locatedInProtectedArea Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Alsek River locatedInProtectedArea Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
this entity surface form: Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park
Alsek River UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
this entity surface form: Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
historic Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark partOf Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
subject surface form: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Wrangell–St. Elias / Kluane / Tatshenshini-Alsek / Glacier Bay
Kluane National Park and Reserve adjacentTo Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Northern British Columbia contains Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Saint Elias Mountains contains Tatshenshini-Alsek Park