Canada's largest national park is Wood Buffalo in the Northwest Territories and Alberta. The park is one of the largest in the world. Its flora is represented by coniferous forests, grassy prairies and wild flowers. On the territory of the park live bison, beavers, deer caribou, wolves, nests American cranes. Another large national park, Auyuittuq, is in Nunavut, north of the country. Translated from its Indian name, it means "the land that never parted." On the lands of the park there are settlements of Inuit - the indigenous people of America. Most of Auyuittuq is a cliff, some of which were formed almost 3 billion years ago.
Vuntut National Park is located in Yukon, on the border with Alaska. The name of the park means "among the lakes". On its territory there are hundreds of lakes of different sizes. The fauna is represented by reindeer caribou on which hunting has always been conducted on the territory of the park, as well as bears, wolverines, lynxes, mink, foxes, and martens. In Nahanni National Park, located in the Mackenzie Mountains, there is another well-known waterfall of the country - Virginia. Its height is 90 meters, almost twice as high as that of Niagara Falls. The park occupies the canyons of the South Nahanni River, from which incredibly picturesque views are opened. The park has become a habitat for approximately 500 grizzly bears under the protection of the state.
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