This series highlights Canada's stunning parks and sites that protect the environment and showcases the various historic aspects of our country. Parks Canada protects and administers 37 national parks, 10 national park reserves, 171 (out of 1004) national historic sites, 5 national marine conservation areas, and one national urban park (as of 2023).
These ice-cored hills called pingos are protected as a unique arctic landform. Rising out of the flat tundra, the national landmark (NWT) features eight of the 1350 pingos found in the region, including Ibyuk Pingo, Canada's tallest and the world's second-tallest pingo. It reaches 49 meters in height and stretches 300 metres across its base. The Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula is one of the most dynamic landscapes in Canada. It has a permafrost layer up to 500 meters in depth with a much thinner active layer that thaws annually near the surface. For centuries, these pingos have acted as navigational aids for the Inuvialuit.
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