Ukkusiksalik National Park
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Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada.
It is a 20,000 sq.km. region stretching westward from Hudson Bay on the Nunavut mainland, just south of the Arctic Circle.
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 and peregrine falcons.
The park was created on August 23, 2003.
External link
- CBC News article (http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/23/newpark030823)