YFS is the airport code for Fort Simpson Airport, serving the village of Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories of Canada, in the remote subarctic interior. Fort Simpson is one of the oldest continuously occupied trading posts in the region, set on an island where the Liard river meets the great Mackenzie river, in the traditional lands of the Dene people. For travelers, its main importance is as the gateway to Nahanni National Park Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of dramatic canyons, the thundering Virginia Falls, wild rivers and mountains, usually reached from here by float plane. Fort Simpson itself is a small northern community with a strong Indigenous culture. It is reached by its airport and by long gravel highways through the wilderness. The climate is subarctic, with short, mild summers, the main season for the Nahanni, and long, very cold winters with northern lights.
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