Old Crow Flats

Old Crow Flats
Van Tat[1]
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Shoreline of a large lake in Old Crow Flats
Map
Area6,170 km2 (2,380 sq mi)
Designated24 May 1982
Reference no.244[2]

Old Crow Flats (Van Tat[1] in the Gwichʼin language) is a 6,170 km2 (2,382 sq mi) wetland complex in northern Yukon, Canada along the Old Crow River. It is north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Beaufort Sea, and is nearly surrounded by mountains.[3]

  1. ^ a b Vuntut Gwich’in Waters
  2. ^ "Old Crow Flats". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Life on the Flats". Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Retrieved 2007-08-05.