Tuktut Nogait National Park

Meaning “young caribou” in the Inuvialuktun language—picture a just-born calf with wobbly legs and a drive to keep up — Tuktut Nogait protects vital calving grounds of the Bluenosewest caribou herd. It’s remote — about 170 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle — but if you can get here, it’ll be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The park’s rolling tundra is punctuated by deep gorges and pristine waterfalls and features ancient artifacts of Indigenous presence throughout the centuries.