Agay Mene Territorial Park
Next time you’re driving to Atlin, take in the beauty of the Agay Mene Territorial Park in Progress. Starting at Jake’s Corner, the 697 km² landscape stretches all the way to the BC-Yukon border.
The park is home to over 40 mammal species, Bald Eagles, Osprey, and Loons, and the wood frog – the only known amphibian in the park. Forest fires, both new and old, are frequent and extensive in this ecoregion, resulting in a forest dominated by growths of lodgepole pine.
The geological history of the park is a fascinating one. The landscape was entirely covered during the last glaciation, with ice from the Coast Mountains all the way to the south.
On the north side of the park is Mount White, which is made up of a limestone reef that formed 245 million years ago in the ancient ocean (called Tethys by geologists) on the other side of the world. This geological reef drifted on a small tectonic plate to our side of the planet about 150 million years ago.
Agay Mene Territorial Park is identified as a Natural Environment Park under Chapter 10 of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation Final Agreement. Park management planning is currently on hold. Once planning resumes, it will be led by the Agay Mene Territorial Park Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the Government of Yukon, Carcross/Tagish First Nation and the Teslin Tlingit Council.
