Tuktut Nogait National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Location | Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Nearest city | Paulatuk |
| Coordinates | 68°49′07″N 121°44′57″W / 68.81869°N 121.74925°WCoordinates: 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 |
Tuktut Nogait National Park (established 1998) is a national park located in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Meaning "young caribou" in Inuvialuktun, the park is home to the calving grounds of the Bluenose-West caribou herd.
It is also the home to other wildlife species which are muskoxen, grizzly bears, Arctic chars, red foxes, wolverines, Arctic ground squirrels, collared lemmings, and wolves. Tuktut Nogait is a major breeding and nesting ground for a wide variety of migratory birds. Raptors such as peregrine falcons, rough-legged hawks, gyr falcons and golden eagles nest along the steep walls of river canyons.
The Dolphin-Union Caribou herd which normally occupies Victoria Island and winters in the Bathurst area of Nunavut, sometimes migrates as far as Tuktut Nogait National Park following the shoreline in search of windswept areas where the snow cover is cleared making it easier for them to graze.
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.
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