Caribou River Provincial Park

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Caribou River Provincial Park
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LocationManitoba, Canada
Nearest townChurchill, Manitoba
Coordinates59.33°N 96.39°W
Area7,640 km2 (2,950 sq mi)
Established1995
Governing bodyGovernment of Manitoba
Caribou River Provincial Park
Caribou River Provincial Park

Caribou River Provincial Wilderness Park is a provincial park in extreme north-central Manitoba, Canada. It is the northernmost provincial park in Manitoba, and borders the southern Nunavut border.

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The park is 7,640 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi) in size, [1] and was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 1995. [1]

The park is considered to be a Class Ib protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. [2] It protects an area of the Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC), including boreal forest, rivers and lakes, and low-lying wetlands forming extensive peatlands (bogs and fens). The park has a fairly rolling terrain with many rocky outcrops. Glacial till has been shaped into a mosaic of ridges and eskers, sinuous, rounded ridges deposited by during glaciation.

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References

  1. 1 2 A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Park (PDF). Government of Manitoba. March 1997. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "Caribou River Provincial Park". Protected Plant. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

See also

Coordinates: 59°33′49″N96°39′40″W / 59.56361°N 96.66111°W / 59.56361; -96.66111