Ukkusiksalik National Park

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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 the 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, Barren-ground 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 year 1000 to the 1960's. Remains of fox traps, tent rings, and food caches have been discovered in the over 500 archeological sites. 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 41^th national park. It can be reached by flights from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Photo gallery

Image:Qarmaq relicts 1996-07-29.jpg|Qarmaq relicts (Thule site) Image:Ursus maritimus 2 1996-07-23.jpg|Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stepping on ice flow Image:Erignathus barbatus 1996-08-04.jpg|Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice flow in Wager Bay Image:Rangifer tarandus 1996-08-03.jpg|Two yound Barrenland caribous (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) near Wager Bay

See also

• Canadian National Parks
• List of Canadian national parks

External links

• [CBC News article]
• [Parks Canada] (pdf)

Ukkusiksalik National Park

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