Yukon Territory, Canada
Tombstone Territorial Park’s 2,200 km2 protect a unique wilderness of rugged peaks, permafrost landforms, tundra and clear mountain rivers at the heart of the Ogilvie Mountains.
Tombstone Territorial Park is a remote park in central Yukon, in an area of rolling subarctic tundra. The Park is one of the best popular spot along the Dempster Highway to enjoy the vibrancy of the fall colors show in late Summer. Described as “the Patagonia of the North” for its jagged pinnacles of black granite, the park consists of wilderness on a grand scale and is home to a healthy and intact ecosystem that includes bears, wolves, lynx, wolverines and caribou.
Dempster Highway crossing the Tombstone Range in Spring
A field of cotton grass blowing in wind along the Blackstone River
Red fox resting in flowers
Willow Ptarmigan in Fall Colors
Blue sky reflection in a pool
Willow ptarmigan in Winter plumage
Bumblebee in fireweed
Canadian Lynx in the Ogilvie Mountains
Common Raven perched on the entrance sign of Tombstone Territorial Park
Cross Fox kit
Arctic Ground Squirrel after a rain shower
Cross Fox after a rain shower
Dempster Highway crossing Tombstone Territorial Park
Frozen Blackstone River in Winter
Caribou from the Fortymile Herd
A Canadian Lynx stretching in snow (Ogilvie Mountains)
Dempster Highway crossing Tombstone Territorial Park
Porcupine Caribou crossing a frozen lake during their Winter migration
Double rainbow above a creek after a rain shower
Hiker on the Grizzly Lake Trail in late Summer
Fall colors at its best in Tombstone Territorial Park
Blooming Fireweed in Summer
A Caribou from the Fortymile Herd crossing a frozen lake
Cross Fox kit portrait
Caribou from the Fortymile Herd wandering in Tombstone during their Winter migration
Cross Fox kit sniffing plants after a rain shower
Grizzly Lake during the fall colors
White-tailed ptarmigan in the rain
Harlequin duck and her chicks swimming through whitewater
Caribou performing an excitation jump as a particular alarm stance
Moose cow feeding on willows in the rain
Moose feeding in Two Moose Lake
Classic view from the Tombstone Territorial Park taken from an overlook on the Grizzly Lake trail
Rainbow trying to break through the dark clouds over a small peak
Cross fox kit playing with its parent
Caribou from the Fortymile Herd wandering in Tombstone during their Winter migration
Red Fox kit standing in grasses
White-tailed Ptarmigan after a rain shower
Willow Ptarmigan perched on top of a willow tree
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