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Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

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Name	Type	Access point/community
Akimiski Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary Akimiski Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Akimiski Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Akimiski Island within James Bay. The sanctuary, established by the Canadian government on 1 January 1941, has federal conservation status. Taking up the eastern two-thirds...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Attawapiskat First Nation Attawapiskat First Nation Attawapiskat First Nation is an isolated First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River at James Bay...
Akpait National Wildlife Area (Reid Bay Reid Bay Reid Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait off of Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound.-Geography:... )	National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife...	Qikiqtarjuaq
Auyuittuq National Park Auyuittuq National Park Auyuittuq National Park is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada. It features the many terrains of Arctic wilderness, such as fjords, glaciers, and ice fields...	National park	Pangnirtung/Qikiqtarjuaq
Boatswain Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary Boatswain Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Boatswain Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary that extends between Nunavut and Quebec, Canada. It is located in Boatswain Bay an arm of James Bay, and the Quebec headland. It was established in 29 January 1941 and consists of 17,900 hectares It was established in 1941...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Waskaganish, Quebec Waskaganish, Quebec Waskaganish is a Cree village of about 2000 people at the mouth of the Rupert River on the south-east shore of James Bay in the Eeyou Istchee territory in Northern Quebec, Canada...
Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary on western Baffin Island within part of the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak in Northern Canada's territory of Nunavut...	Wildlife refuge Wildlife refuge A wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected...	Cape Dorset
Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. Located on Bylot Island, it was federally-designated on 1 January 1965, and is classified as Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.At 1,263,500 hectares, it is...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Pond Inlet
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary, or Dewey Soper, is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Baffin Island, from Bowman Bay to the Koukdjuak River, and is named in honour of zoologist J. Dewey Soper. It is an area that was classified a wetland of...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Cape Dorset
East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary The East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in East Bay, an arm of Hudson Bay, in southeast Southampton Island. The nearest community is Coral Harbour, to the west...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Coral Harbour
Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Southampton Island in the area of the Boas River and Bay of Gods Mercy....	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Coral Harbour
Inuujarvik Territorial Park Inuujarvik Territorial Park Inuujarvik Territorial Park is a park in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located along the shore of Baker Lake.-External links:*... Campground	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Baker Lake Baker Lake, Nunavut Baker Lake , is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community...
Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park is a park located northwest of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The park is situated in the valley which straddles the Meliadine River...	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Rankin Inlet
Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve is a territorial park in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1993 and has an area of . The Soper River, part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System, flows through the park.-References:*** Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve ("the...	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Kimmirut
Kekerten Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Pangnirtung
Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park is located about southwest of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. The park is situated around the Bloody Falls on the Coppermine River and was listed as a national historic site in 1978.The park is probably best known as the site of the Bloody Falls Massacre that...	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Kugluktuk
Mallikjuaq Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Cape Dorset
McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary The McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The 32,800 hectar sanctuary, at , is on Hudson Bay's west coast, 27 km south of Arviat, and 50 km north of the Manitoba border. Its namesake is the McConnell River which flows to the Hudson...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Arviat
Niginganiq National Wildlife Area (Isabella Bay)	National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife...	Clyde River Clyde River - Australia :Clyde River , a river on the south coast of New South WalesClyde River , a river in central TasmaniaClyde River , a river in the Northern Territory- United States of America :Clyde River...
Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area on Coburg Island within Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Baffin Bay's Lady Ann Strait between Ellesmere Island, to the north, and Devon Island to the south. The NWA includes Coburg Island and its surrounding marine... (Coburg Island National Wildlife Area)	National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife...	Grise Fiord
Northwest Passage Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Gjoa Haven
Ovayok Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Cambridge Bay
Pisuktinu Tunngavik Territorial Park Campground	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Pangnirtung
Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area on Bathurst Island within Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is on federal Crown land, and is administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service, a division of Environment Canada, with respect to the Canada Wildlife Act's National Wildlife...	National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife...	Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....
Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary The Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Prince Leopold Island within Lancaster Sound at the junction of Prince Regent Inlet and Barrow Strait. It was established in 1992 and is classified Category IV by the...	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....
Qaqulluit National Wildlife Area (Cape Searle Cape Searle Cape Searle is an uninhabited headland located on Qaqaluit Island's northeastern tip, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.It was named by Arctic explorer John Ross on 17 September 1818 in honor of John Clark Searle, Esq., then Chairman of the Victualling board.-Geography:The habitat is... )	National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area A National Wildlife Area is a conservation status for a geographical region in Canada that restricts most human activities on that region. However, land use permits may be issued "for activities that are compatible with conservation". Such areas are established and managed by the Canadian Wildlife...	Qikiqtarjuaq
Qaummaarviit Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Iqaluit
Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Cambridge Bay
Quttinirpaaq National Park Quttinirpaaq National Park -See also:List of National Parks of CanadaList of protected areas of NunavutArctic Cordillera-External links:*...	National park	Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....
Seymour Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Bird sanctuary Bird Reserve A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...	Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....
Sirmilik National Park Sirmilik National Park Sirmilik National Park is a protected area located in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 2001. Situated within the Arctic Cordillera, it is composed of three areas: most of Bylot Island with the exception for a few areas that are Inuit-owned lands, Oliver Sound, and Baffin...	National park	Arctic Bay/Pond Inlet
Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Iqaluit
Tamaarvik Territorial Park Campground	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Pond Inlet
Taqaiqsirvik Territorial Park Campground	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Kimmirut
Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary The Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, at , over twice the area of Belgium, is the largest wildlife refuge in Canada. It is located in northern Canada's Arctic region, north of the tree line, straddling the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, halfway between Baker Lake and Yellowknife, and bordered on the...	Wildlife refuge Wildlife refuge A wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected...	Baker Lake Baker Lake, Nunavut Baker Lake , is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community...
Tupirvik Territorial Park Campground	Territorial park Provincial park A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...	Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....
Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary The Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Twin Islands, including North Twin Island and South Twin Island, within central James Bay....	Wildlife refuge Wildlife refuge A wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected...	Chisasibi, Quebec Chisasibi, Quebec Chisasibi is a village on the eastern shore of James Bay, in the Eeyou Istchee territory in northern Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande River , less than from the river's mouth...
Ukkusiksalik National Park Ukkusiksalik National Park Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada.Ukkusiksalik National Park is a tundra and coastal mudflat region extending south of the Arctic Circle and the hamlet of Repulse Bay, from Hudson Bay's Roes Welcome Sound towards the western Barrenlands and the source of Brown River....	National park	Baker Lake Baker Lake, Nunavut Baker Lake , is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community... /Chesterfield Inlet Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut The community of Chesterfield Inlet is located on the western shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut Canada at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses", it is the oldest community in Nunavut... / Coral Harbour/Rankin Inlet/ Repulse Bay Repulse Bay Repulse Bay is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong.-Geography:Repulse Bay is located in the south of Hong Kong Island, to the east of Deep Water Bay and to the west of Middle Bay and South Bay...

External links

Government of Nunavut - Nunavut Parks
MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas

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