It is in central Yukon, near the southern end of the Dempster Highway, stretching from the 50.5 to the 115.0 kilometre marker.

The park protects over 2100 square kilometres of rugged peaks, permafrost landforms and wildlife, including sections of the Blackstone Uplands and the Ogilvie Mountains.

The divide is part of an igneous belt of granitic and syenitic rock, known as the Cretaceous Tombstone Suite, that stretches from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the Ross River.

[2] By 2000 the Park was created, a legacy of the land settlement agreement with the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation, with a mandate to preserve and enhance its "physical, biological, archaeological and cultural values."

The park is jointly administered by the territorial government and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation.