Tombstone Territorial Park
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The northern parts of Tombstone, west of the Highway
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| Location | Yukon, Canada |
| Nearest city | Dawson, Yukon, Yukon |
| Coordinates | 64°04′58″N 138°30′39″W / 64.08286°N 138.51090°WCoordinates: 64°04′58″N 138°30′39″W / 64.08286°N 138.51090°W |
| Governing body | Territorial |
Tombstone Territorial Park is a park of the Yukon Territory, Canada. It is located in central Yukon, near the southern end of the Dempster Highway, stretching from the 50.5 to the 115.0 kilometer marker. The park protects over 2100 square kilometers of rugged peaks, permafrost landforms and wildlife, including sections of the Blackstone Uplands and the Ogilvie Mountains. The Park is named for Tombstone Mountain's resemblance to a grave marker.
The area is geologically unique and ecologically diverse. It is bisected by the divide separating waters flowing into the Yukon River and eventually the Bering Sea from those flowing into the Mackenzie River and eventually the Beaufort Sea. The divide is part of an igneous belt of granitic and syenitic rock, known as the Cretaceous Tombstone Suite, that stretches from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the Ross River. Multiple glaciations intruded into the region from the East, separating it from areas to the north and west, known as Beringia, that were not glaciated, and creating a pocket of rugged terrain. North of the divide, the margins of prior glaciations give way to much gentler permafrost landforms that escaped glaciation, with ice margin formations such as pingos, moraines, ice-wedge polygons and frost mounds.
The Park protects diverse flora and fauna, including five big game species Dall's sheep, two species of caribou, moose, black bears, grizzly bears and numerous smaller mammals. The Park is also a birders' delight, with about 150 bird species having been identified.
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