Nahanni National Park Reserve

61.6886° N, 126.2526° W

Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories. 61.6886° N, 126.2526° W

National park, 30,000 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/nt/nahanni-national-park-reserve/, compiled October 9, 2026

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Nahanni National Park Reserve is a 30,000 km² national park 115 km west of Fort Simpson, in Northwest Territories. It was established in 1972.

25 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Yohin Lake (3.38 km²).

Sun and moon today

The 12 largest of 25 named lakes, ranked by area.

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Designation: National park
IUCN category: II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by: Parks Canada Agency