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 ⓘ
Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ
borderedBy Alaska ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
climate cold, wet coastal mountain climate ⓘ
containsRiver Alsek River ⓘ
Tatshenshini River ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designation Class A provincial park ⓘ
ecosystem coastal mountain ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ
establishedBy Government of British Columbia ⓘ
feature deep river valleys ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
icefields ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
governingBody BC Parks ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Tatshenshini-Alsek river system ⓘ
linked to: Alsek River
partOfLargerRegion Pacific coastal mountain range ⓘ
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 ⓘ
bald eagle ⓘ
grizzly bear ⓘ
moose ⓘ
mountain goat ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
wolf ⓘ

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Mount Fairweather → locatedInProtectedArea → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Alsek River → locatedInProtectedArea → Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park ⓘ
linked to: Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Alsek River → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek ⓘ
linked to: Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Wrangell–St. Elias / Kluane / Tatshenshini-Alsek / Glacier Bay ⓘ
linked to: Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Kluane National Park and Reserve → adjacentTo → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Northern British Columbia → contains → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Saint Elias Mountains → contains → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Fairweather Range → partlyWithin → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Tatshenshini-Alsek Park → partOf → Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Northwestern British Columbia → contains → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias–Kluane–Tatshenshini-Alsek transboundary icefield complex → partOf → Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park ⓘ
linked to: Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
St. Elias Mountains glacial system → extendsInto → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ
Tatshenshini River → partOfProtectedArea → Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ