Parks & Special Places From the lush green valleys of Katannilik Park to the wild rapids of the Coppermine River, find out about Nunavut's territorial parks, heritage Rivers and other special places.
Find out how to get to the park, where to stay, local arts and crafts, and find a guide or outfitters who can take you to the park.
Resources
Nunavut Parks publishes a wide range of documents and reports on the work it does for each park - ranging from master plans, management plans, maps, brochures and other reports and publications. Many of these resources are available here.
- Kazan Heritage River Nomination Document [.pdf - 1.9MB]
- Kazan Heritage River Management Plan [.pdf - 900KB]
- Kazan Heritage River Management Plan 10-Year Review [.pdf - 1.1MB]
- Kazan Heritage River Editorial [.pdf - 908KB] This four page editorial offers some information on the Kazan Heritage River.
- Listen to the Land Brochure [.pdf - 3.06 MB] Our main, 26 page brochure is full of bright pictures and is a great read for all ages.
Visitor information is available from the Visitor Information section of the website, and at relevant visitor and information centres throughout Nunavut. Contact Nunavut Parks for any additional information you may be looking for.
Additional Reading
- Travel Keewatin. “Canoe the Keewatin Wilderness”.
- Burch, E.S. “The Caribou Inuit”. Native Peoples of Canada. Morrison/Wilson. McClelland and Stewart. 1986.
- Pelly, David “Kazan: River of the Living Barrens.” Wild Waters: Canoeing Canada's Wilderness Rivers. J. Raffan, ed. Toronto: Key Porter Books. 1986.
- Pelly, D. and Chris Hanks, eds. “The Kazan: Journey into an Emerging Land”. Outcrop: the Northern Publishers. Yellowknife NWT. 1991. 135 pp.
- Pelly, D. & A. Stewart. “The Kazan”. Canadian Geographic. Sept./Oct. 1989.
- McKay, John W. “Arctic Adventure: A Kazan River Journal” Toronto: Betelguese Books. 1983.
- Morse, Eric. “Freshwater Saga: Memoirs of a Lifetime of Wilderness Canoeing in Canada”. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1987.
