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The Canadian ExplorerDiscover Canada · Explore Beyond

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Best Hidden Gem National Parks

The parks that don't trend on Instagram — and reward you with empty trails for the effort.

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

British Columbia

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

A co-managed Haida homeland of moss, sea otters and ancient totems.

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Wood Buffalo National Park

Alberta / Northwest Territories

Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada's largest national park — and the world's largest dark-sky preserve.

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Wapusk National Park

Manitoba

Wapusk National Park

One of the world's largest polar bear maternity denning areas.

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Sable Island National Park Reserve

Nova Scotia

Sable Island National Park Reserve

Wild horses on a sandbar 290 km off the Nova Scotia coast.

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Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)

Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

Labrador's wild Mealy Mountains — co-managed with the Innu and Inuit.

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Torngat Mountains National Park

Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)

Torngat Mountains National Park

Inuit homeland of jagged peaks, fjords and polar bears.

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Vuntut National Park

Yukon

Vuntut National Park

Old Crow Flats and the Porcupine caribou herd.

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Ivvavik National Park

Yukon

Ivvavik National Park

Canada's first park created through a land-claim agreement.

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Nahanni National Park Reserve

Northwest Territories

Nahanni National Park Reserve

Virginia Falls — twice as tall as Niagara — and the legendary South Nahanni River.

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Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve

Northwest Territories

Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve

Headwaters of the South Nahanni — protected with the Dene of the Sahtu.

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Aulavik National Park

Northwest Territories

Aulavik National Park

Banks Island musk ox country.

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Tuktut Nogait National Park

Northwest Territories

Tuktut Nogait National Park

Calving grounds of the Bluenose-West caribou.

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