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Ukkusiksalik National Park
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| Ukkusiksalik National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Location: | Nunavut, Canada |
| Nearest city: | Chesterfield Inlet |
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| Area: | 20,500 km² |
| Established: | August 23, 2003 |
| Governing body: | Parks Canada |
Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada.
It is a 20,500 km². tundra and coastal mudflat region stretching westward from Hudson Bay on the Nunavut mainland, just south of the Arctic Circle. The park surrounds Wager Bay, a 100 km long inlet on the Hudson Bay.
In addition to a reversing waterfall and 500 archeological sites, including an old Hudson's Bay Company trading post, the region is home to such species as Polar Bears, Grizzly Bears, the Arctic Wolf, caribou, seals and Peregrine Falcons. Vegetation in the park is typical low tundra, with dwarf birch, willow and mountain avens. Scattered pathes of boreal forest can be encountered in river valleys.
The park is uninhabited now, but the Inuit lived here from 1000s to the 1960s. Remains of fox traps, tent rings, and food caches have been discovered in the area. The Hudson's Bay Company had an operating trading post in the area from 1925 to 1947.
The park was created on August 23, 2003, becoming Canada's 41th national park. It can be reached by flights from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
 Qarmaq relicts (Thule site) |
 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stepping on ice flow |
 Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice flow in Wager Bay |
 Two young Barrenland caribous (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) near Wager Bay |
- CBC News article
- Parks Canada (pdf)
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