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Black Canyon National Park was a protected area of Colorado managed by the Department of the Interior.
Background[]
The Nursery, a pre-War protected ecosystem meant to preserve the world's flora and fauna in the event of a nuclear war, was constructed not far from the National Park.[1]
Appearances[]
Black Canyon National Park is mentioned only in the canceled Fallout 3 project, Van Buren.
Behind the scenes[]
Black Canyon National Park is based in the real world Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in western Colorado.
References[]
- ↑ Nursery design documents, page 2: "The Nursery is a miracle of pre-war engineering. It is a self-contained balanced ecological system set within a deep canyon. The valley floor of the canyon is rife with the flora and fauna of times past. At the head of the valley is a lake of crystal blue water that feeds a river. The river flows from one end of the valley to the other, disappearing into the canyon wall. Bordering the lake are several buildings that house the maintenance equipment that keeps the Nursery functioning. The Nursery is located southwest of Denver Colorado near the Black Canyon National Park. The rim of the canyon is approximately a mile above sea level and the canyon itself is approximately a half mile deep. This area was chosen as the home for the Nursery because of its isolated location, its protected status as a national park, and it was deemed least likely to be effected by a war (or most capable of recovering from such effects)."