Yukon Canadian Heritage Rivers Conservation Areas

Four designated Canadian Heritage Rivers in Yukon are documented as part of the national conservation program established in 1984. The dataset provides geospatial information for these rivers, managed by the Government of Yukon. It is distributed via GeoYukon in ESRI REST and HTML formats.

Use Cases

• Map river conservation boundaries using geospatial data for the four Yukon heritage rivers.
• Analyze the distribution of designated heritage rivers relative to other protected areas in Yukon.
• Support environmental management planning by integrating river polygon data with land-use datasets.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government of Yukon GeoYukon platform.
• Focuses on four specific rivers designated under the national Canadian Heritage Rivers System.
• Dataset was last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The dataset scope is limited to only four rivers within the Yukon territory.
• No column definitions or sample data are provided, obscuring the specific attributes available.
• The total number of data rows or features is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Distributed from GeoYukon, the territorial digital map data collection.

Time Range

Program established in 1984; specific temporal coverage of data is null.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Yukon, Canada