Caribou River Provincial Park
Provincial park in Manitoba, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Location | Manitoba, Canada |
Nearest town | Churchill, Manitoba |
Coordinates | 59.33°N 96.39°W |
Area | 7,640 km2 (2,950 sq mi) |
Established | 1995 |
Governing body | Government of Manitoba |
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.