Bear spray had to be deployed in two cases to deter a grizzly bear reportedly showing interest in humans, prompting a partial shut down of a national park trail system in the Yukon, according to a Parks Canada spokesperson.

Spokesperson Kathy Burden told the News by email that Parks Canada has temporarily shuttered an area of Kluane National Park and Reserve as a result of a bold young bear approaching visitors and displaying curiosity and a lack of wariness. That includes a part of the Cottonwood Trail between the King’s Throne Trail junction up to Lower Victoria Creek at kilometre 67, as well as the woods around the affected trail section.

Over the last week, Parks Canada has received three reports of visitors encountering a bear in this area, Burden said.

The trailhead is located b

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