Kluane National Park and Reserve

{{Short description|National park and park reserve in Yukon, Canada}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Kluane National Park and Reserve

| alt_name = Parc national et réserve de parc national Kluane

| iucn_category = II

| iucn_ref = {{Cite web|title=Protected Planet {{!}} Kluane National Park Reserve Of Canada|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/612|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Protected Planet}}

| photo = Quill Creek, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada.jpg

| photo_caption = Quill Creek

| photo_width = 280

| map = Canada

| map_caption = Location in Canada

| map_width = 280

| relief = yes

| location = Yukon, Canada

| nearest_city = Haines Junction

| coordinates = {{coord|60.61943|N|138.331|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| area = {{cvt|5900|km2}} (park) {{cvt|22013|km2}} (total)

| established = 1972 as a National Park Reserve.
May 29, 1993: an eastern portion of the Reserve became a National Park; the rest continues as a Reserve

| visitation_num =47,098

| visitation_year =2022–23{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Parks |title=Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Open Government Portal |url=https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/57c69cfc-fc85-495b-9eef-555a08404034/resource/020bfd16-2079-4fa7-839f-f4cc8c19851c |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=open.canada.ca}}

| governing_body = Parks Canada

| website = {{url|https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/yt/kluane|Kluane National Park and Reserve}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-wikidata = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 5

| embedded = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

| child = yes

| part_of = Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(vii), (viii), (ix), (x)}}(vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

| ID = 72

| year = 1979

| extension = 1992, 1994

}}

}}

Kluane National Park and Reserve ({{IPAc-en|k|l|uː|'|ɑː|n|iː}}; {{langx|fr|Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane}}) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon. The National Park Reserve was set aside in 1972 to become a national park, pending settlement of First Nations land claims. It covered an area of {{convert|22013|km2|abbr=off}}. When agreement was reached with the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations over an eastern portion of the Reserve, that part—about {{convert|5900|km2|abbr=off}}—became a national park in 1993, and is a unit of the national park system administered co-operatively with Parks Canada. The larger western section remains a Reserve, awaiting a final land claim settlement with the Kluane First Nation. The park borders British Columbia to the south, while the Reserve borders both British Columbia to the south, and the United States (Alaska) to the south and west.

File:Slim's River Valley2.jpg

The Reserve includes the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan ({{convert|5959|m|disp=or|abbr=off}}) of the Saint Elias Mountains. Mountains and glaciers, including Donjek Glacier, dominate the park's landscape, covering 83% of its area. The rest of the land in the park is forest and tundra—east of the largest mountains and glaciers—where the climate is colder and drier than in the western and southern parts of the park. Trees grow only at the park's lowest elevations. The primary tree species are white spruce, balsam poplar and trembling aspen.{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/yt/kluane/natcul/natcul1/eco.aspx|title=Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=2015-07-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/yt/kluane/natcul/info-fact.aspx|title=Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada: Fact Sheet|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=2015-07-30}}