Tuktut Nogait National Park
Tuktut Nogait National Park | |
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Location of Tuktut Nogait National Park in Canada | |
Location | Northwest Territories, Canada |
Nearest city | Paulatuk |
Coordinates | 68°49′07″N 121°44′57″W / 68.81869°N 121.74925°W |
Area | 18,100 km2 (7,000 sq mi) |
Established | 1998 |
Governing body | Parks Canada |
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The park encompasses over 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi) and is located 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the northeast corner of mainland Northwest Territories.
The main rivers that run through the park are the Hornaday River, Brock River and Roscoe River.[5]
Humans have occupied Tuktut Nogait since AD 1000 and recent surveys have identified over 400 archaeological sites in the park, including remnants of campsites, food caches, graves, and kayak rests.[6] The oldest known archaeological sites are most likely Thule or Copper Inuit ranging from AD 1200 to 1500.
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As is outlined in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement and the Tuktut Nogait Agreement, Inuvialuit beneficiaries have the right to pursue subsistence harvesting within the park. Currently, this takes place in the north-western part of the park and mostly entails fishing Arctic char, hunting caribou, and some trapping. By federal national parks legislation, commercial or sport hunting is not permitted.
Current park initiatives include establishing a base camp facility at Uyarsivik Lake to support ecological integrity and cultural resource monitoring, visitor opportunities, management meetings and youth outreach; developing a cultural resource strategy; and updating interpretive materials such as the Hornaday River guide.
There are four barren-ground caribou herds in the Northwest Territories—Cape Bathurst, Bluenose West, Bluenose East and Bathurst caribou herd.[7] The Bluenose East caribou herd began a recovery with a population of approximately 122,000 in 2010,[8] which is being credited to the establishment of Tuktut Nogait National Park.[9] According to T. Davison 2010, CARMA 2011, the three other herds "declined 84-93% from peak sizes in the mid-1980s and 1990s.[7]
See also
- National Parks of Canada
- List of National Parks of Canada
- List of Northwest Territories parks
References
- ^ "Protected Planet | Tuktut Nogait National Park Of Canada". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ Parks Canada (2017-07-26). Parks Can Can Canada 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Natural Environment". Archived from the original on 2017-07-21.
- ISBN 978-0-7708-0196-0. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Natural Environment - Geography and Geology". Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada. Parks Canada. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ISBN 978-1-4262-1756-2.
- ^ hdl:10535/9749.
- ^ Adamczewski, J.; Boulanger, J.; Croft, B.; Davison, T.; Sayine-Crawford, H.; Tracz, B. A Comparison of Calving and Post-calving Photo Surveys for the Bluenose-East Herd of Barren-ground Caribou in the Northwest Territories, Canada in 2010 (PDF) (Report). Manuscript Report No. 244. Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories. pp. 35–40.
- ^ "N.W.T. park may be contributing to caribou herd recovery: Bluenose West herd has seen first increase in size in 20 years". CBC News. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.