The governments of Canada and Alberta have declared that the entire portion of the North Saskatchewan River flowing through Alberta is now recognized as a Canadian Heritage River.A 49-kilometre stretch of the river, coursing through Banff National Park, already holds designation under the Canadian Heritage Rivers system. The remaining 718 kilometres of the river's path within the province, including Edmonton's river valley, is now included in the Canadian Heritage Rivers System.The Canadian Heri
Bobbi Rose Koe was recognized for preserving and promoting Teetl'it Gwich'in traditional ties to the Peel River watershed. "I wouldn't have been able to accept it without recognizing my people," she said.
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Home to Canada’s highest mountains, the world’s largest non-polar glacier and more moose than people, Yukon is the perfect place for a wild road trip.
Yukon, located in Canada s Northwest Corner and bordering Alaska, is Canada’s smallest territory. It’s roughly the same size as France, yet with only 40,000 inhabitants and close to 80 per cent of the territory made up of untouched wilderness, you can’t find a drive more rugged and beautiful than this.
Why a road trip?
Yukon s highways rank among the world s premiere adventure drives and include the world-famous Alaska Highway, as well as the Top of the World and Klondike Highways. The Dempster Highway is also in Yukon, which is the only public road in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle.
Posted: Apr 22, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 22 comments
The Main River was designated a Canadian Heritage River in 2001 for its pristine watershed and old-growth forest. In 2009, it became a provincial park.(Submitted by Lem Mayo)
Gary Gale has known the Main River his whole life and how special the Northern Peninsula waterway, and the land surrounding it, is. I ve fished and hiked the Main, God since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I suppose, he told CBC from his home in Hampden.
The Main River is about as remote as it gets in Newfoundland. You can see the mouth of it, where it spills into White Bay between the two communities of Sop s Arm and Pollard s Point, but there was no road access into its watershed whatsoever until the mid-1980s, and even then, nothing beyond rough woods roads.