Caribou River Provincial Park should not be confused with Cariboo River Provincial Park.
Caribou River Provincial Park | |
Iucn Category: | Ib |
Map: | Manitoba |
Map Width: | 200 |
Location: | Manitoba, Canada |
Nearest Town: | Churchill, Manitoba |
Coordinates: | 59.33°N 96.39°W |
Area Km2: | 7640 |
Established: | 1995 |
Governing Body: | Government of Manitoba |
Caribou River Provincial Wilderness Park is a provincial park in extreme north-central Manitoba, Canada. It is the northernmost provincial park in Manitoba, and borders the southern Nunavut border.
The park is 7640km2 in size, and was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 1995.[1]
The park is considered to be a Class Ib protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.[2] It protects an area of the Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC), including boreal forest, rivers and lakes, and low-lying wetlands forming extensive peatlands (bogs and fens). The park has a fairly rolling terrain with many rocky outcrops. Glacial till has been shaped into a mosaic of ridges and eskers, sinuous, rounded ridges deposited by during glaciation.