Ukkusiksalik National Park

Local nameUkkusiksalik National Park
LocationNunavut, Canada

Ukkusiksalik National Park () is a national park in Nunavut, Canada. It covers 20,885 km2 of tundra and coastal mudflats south of the Arctic Circle and the hamlet of Naujaat, from Hudson Bay's Roes Welcome Sound towards the western Barrenlands and the source of Brown River. The park surrounds Wager Bay, a 100 km-long inlet on the Hudson Bay. Although the smallest of Nunavut's four national parks, it is the sixth largest in Canada. Its name relates to steatite found there: Ukkusiksalik means "where there is material for the stone pot".

In addition to a reversing waterfall and over 500 archeological sites, including an old Hudson's Bay Company trading post, the region is home to such species as polar bears, grizzly bears, 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 patches of boreal forest can be encountered in river valleys.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukkusiksalik_National_Park

Address Canada

Coordinates 65°20'38.786" N -87°18'45.081" E

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