2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon

Campground Facilities
There are Government of Yukon roadside
campgrounds throughout the territory and
several backcountry campgrounds are
maintained in Tombstone Territorial Park
and along The Thirty Mile section of the
Yukon River. Yukon’s privately operated
RV parks or campgrounds offer
conveniences such as power, water,
showers, laundromat, store, sani-dump
and Internet. You’ll find a partial list of
campgrounds and RV parks in the
following pages.
Government campgrounds do not have
RV dump stations. Ask for a list of dump
station locations at Visitor Information
Centres. Some campgrounds also have
wheelchair-accessible picnic shelters and
outhouses. Pick up a copy of A Guide to
Yukon Government Campgrounds at any
Visitor Information Centre, or download it
from www.yukonparks.ca.
Self-Registration at All Government
Campgrounds
Everyone—residents and visitors—must
self-register at all Government of Yukon
campgrounds. You have two options for
payment: deposit payment upon
registration, or purchase daily campground
permits in advance at highway lodges,
gas stations, retail stores, liquor stores
(outside Whitehorse), and Environment
Yukon offices. Special permits are required
for Tombstone Territorial Park backcountry
camping and are available for purchase at
the Tombstone Interpretive Centre.
Yukon Parks
Department of Environment
Tel: (867) 667-5648
Toll-free (in Yukon):
1-800-661-0408, ext 5648
Fax: (867) 393-6223
yukon.parks@gov.yk.ca
www.yukonparks.ca
Relax by the lakeside at Fox Lake Campground on the North Klondike Highway – YG, C. Archbould
Campgrounds
and RV Parks
Whether tenting under the midnight sun
or motoring in the comfort of a
recreational vehicle, we hope you will
enjoy the Yukon’s cozy campsites and
spectacular mountain scenery. Fishing,
hiking, wildlife viewing and boating are
always nearby. Government and
commercial campgrounds and RV parks
are spread throughout the territory along
the Yukon’s network of 11 highways.
Yukon’s National Parks
Yukon is home to three of Canada’s
National Parks.
Kluane National Park and Reserve
Covering an area of 21,980 km2 in Yukon’s
southwest region, Kluane National Park
and Reserve is home to Mount Logan,
Canada’s highest peak. It also contains
one of the world’s largest non-polar ice
fields. Kluane is part of the traditional
territory of the Southern Tutchone people.
Ivvavik National Park
Ivvavik National Park is the first national
park in Canada established as the result of
an aboriginal land claim settlement—the
Inuvialuit Final Agreement (1984). It is the
location of the vast Beringia land mass
inhabited by both wildlife and people
during the last glacial period 30,000 to
14,000 years ago.
Vuntut National Park
Located in the northwest corner of the
Yukon, Vuntut National Park covers
4,345 km2 and is occupied by the famed
Porcupine caribou herd at various times
of the year. The park was established
in 1995.
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