NORTH YUKON PLANNING REGION:

LMU 1: Van Tat K’atr’anahtii (Old Crow Flats) Special Management Area

Sub-unit #1A: Vuntut National Park

News

Parks Canada just released a new managment plan for Vuntut National Park, or Nan Thok Natr’iniin’aii (October 2024).

This management plan sets a vision for the future of Vuntut National Park, with strategies and objectives aimed at reaching that vision.

This management plan will be reviewed in ten years’ time with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and North Yukon Renewable Resources Council, as well as with Vuntut Gwitchin and other Canadians.

This park arose from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement, and pre-existed the North Yukon Regional Plan. As per 11.2.2.1, the North Yukon Regional Plan does not apply to National Parks. However, it is recognized in the plan and is treated as an LMU.

Overview

Vuntut National Park is managed under the Vuntut National Park Management Plan (Parks Canada et al. 2004). A detailed description of the ecological, cultural and economic values of Vuntut National Park is contained in Gray and Alt (2001) and Parks Canada et al. (2004). Vuntut National Park protects a portion of the Old Crow Flats wetlands complex and unglaciated uplands of the British Richardson Mountains. Protection and interpretation of ecological and cultural resources is the primary management objective for the Protected Area. The park was established in 1993 as part of the Old Crow Flats SMA through the VGFN Final Agreement.

See also Parks Canada’s website for this park here.

Special Management Considerations

1. See Vuntut National Park Management Plan (Parks Canada et al., 2004).  –> See Vuntut National Park Management Plan (Parks Canada et al., 2024).
2. See Old Crow Flats Management Plan (Yukon Department of Environment and Vuntut Gwitchin Government, 2006). This plan and more information on the Van Tat K’atr’anahtii (Old Crow Flats) Special Management Area are found here.