Nahanni National Park Reserve Headquarters, Box 348, Fort Simpson, NWT, Canada X0E 0N0, Phone:
867-695-3151 (Fax: 867-695-2446, Email:nahanni.info@pc.gc.ca). Hours: Winter (September 15 - June 15) M-F 8:30AM-noon, 1PM-5PM. Closed weekends. Summer (June 15 - September 15) Daily 8AM-noon, 1PM-5PM.
History
Landscape
Flora and fauna
The park is mostly boreal forest, with a variety of ecosystems ranging from lowland wet areas to alpine tundra. The main tree species are white and black spruce, lodgepole pine, jackpine, subalpine fir, larch, balsam poplar, trembling aspen and white birch. The varied ecosystems resulting from varied altitudes, hot and cold springs, and river influence results in a diversity of vegetation.
The park is home to a variety of wildlife including Dall's sheep, mountain goats, woodland caribou, wolves, black bears, grizzly bears and trumpeter swans.
Climate
Get in
Fees/Permits
Get around
See
Rabbitkettle Hotsprings, source of the largest known tufa mounds in Canada.
Virginia Falls, with a vertical drop twice that of Niagara Falls.
Several river canyons up to 1200 meters in depth.
Caves such as Grotte Valerie which contains ancient skeletons of nearly a hundred Dall's sheep.
Do
The park offers whitewater canoeing, kayaking and rafting trips ranging from ten days to three weeks. Make reservations well in advance through the Park Office.
While there are no developed trails, route descriptions are available for a few of the more popular hikes.
Flight-seeing day trips are available by air charter to Virginia Falls. Day visitors to Virginia Falls can enjoy a picnic as well as a short walk to the viewpoint. A longer portage trail, of moderate difficulty, descends to the base of the falls. Allow two hours return for the hike.
