Nahanni National Park, NWT
Canada
has yet to reveal all of its secrets of the North. One is Nahanni National
Park which encompasses 4766 square kilometres. The park embraces towering
mountain peaks, spectacular canyons, hot springs, sinkholes, endless
caves including stalagmites and stalactites, sand dunes and badlands.
Nahanni is a place where you can find moisture-loving lady slipper orchids
growing alongside semi-arid plants such as potentilla. This remote wilderness
was the first park to be established as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
(1978), before Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon in the U.S.
(picture source: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/nahanni/index_e.asp)