Kluane National Park and Reserve

Kluane National Park and Reserve (Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are 2 protected areas in the SW corner 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 22,013 km2. When agreement was reached with the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations over an eastern portion of the Reserve, that part—about 5,900 km2—became a national park in 1993, and is a unit of the national park system administered cooperatively with Parks Canada. The larger western section remains a Reserve, awaiting a final land claim settlement with the Kluane First Nation.

Designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1979.