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Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Ni''iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park and Habitat Protection Area

A bear in Ni''iinlii Njik
A bear in Ni''iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park. Photo: @ Fritz Mueller from A Guide to Ni'iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park, 2013

Have you visited Ni''iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park?

Together, the park (whose name means "where fish spawn") consists of an ecological reserve and a wilderness preserve, with an adjacent Habitat Protection Area and Settlement Lands that protect a distinct ecosystem in the Traditional Territory of the Vuntut Gwichin First Nation.

The park possesses critical late fall grizzly bear habitat, year-round open water, and large trees rarely seen this far north. The Porcupine Caribou herd also migrates through the area, and Dall sheep and moose call it home.

The 6,500-square kilometre wilderness area is a legacy of the Vuntut Gwitchin land claim agreement and is jointly managed by Yukon government and Vuntut Gwitchin government.

Ni''iinlii Njik
View of Ni''iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park and Habitat Protection Area.
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