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Edit ThisQuttinirpaaq National Park
Edit ThisEllesmere Island
photo by: Andrew Park
Quttinirpaaq National Park is located on Ellesmere Island and helps protect the most northerly lands in North America. The park preserves a portion of the polar desert and the artic tundra. The park landscape is filled with glaciers and icefields (up to 900 meters thick). Wildlife present includes artic wolves, Peary caribou, musk ox and artic hares. Access to the park is by aircraft. For more information, and a virtual tour of the park, visit Quittinirpaaq National Park
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Sirmilik National Park
Edit ThisSirmilik National Park has three separate land areas. Bylot Island is a spectacular area of rugged mountains, icefields and glaciers, coastal lowlands and seabird colonies. Oliver Sound is a long, narrow fiord with excellent opportunities for boating, hiking and camping. Borden Peninsula is an extensive plateau divided by broad river valleys. The park features landforms and superb wilderness hiking and camping, and a major seabird colony in the surrounding area of Baillarge Bay. Located on northern Baffin Islan in Canada's High Arctic, Sirmilik National Park is one of more..
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Auyuittuq National Park
Edit ThisAuyuittuq National Park is located on Baffin Island and preserves the northern extremity of the Canadian Shield. The park is home to polar bear, barren-ground caribou, snowy owls and arctic lemmings. For more information, plus a virtual tour of park features, visit Auyuittuq National Park
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