Ukkusiksalik National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Upper falls on Sila River
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 Location of Ukkusiksalik National Park in Canada
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| Location | Nunavut, Canada |
| Nearest city | Chesterfield Inlet |
| Coordinates | 65°20′30″N 87°18′20″W / 65.34167°N 87.30556°WCoordinates: 65°20′30″N 87°18′20″W / 65.34167°N 87.30556°W |
| Area | 20,885 km2 (8,064 sq mi) |
| Established | August 23, 2003 |
| Governing body | Parks Canada |
Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada. It covers 20,885 square kilometres (8,064 sq mi) of tundra and coastal mudflats 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. The park surrounds Wager Bay, a 100 kilometres (62 mi)-long inlet on the Hudson Bay. Although the smallest of Nunavut's four national parks, it is the sixth largest in Canada. Its name relates to steatite found there: Ukkusiksalik means "where there is material for the stone pot" (from ukkusik, meaning pot or saucepan like qulliq).
In addition to a reversing waterfall and over 500 archeological sites, including an old Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading post, the region is home to such species as polar bears, grizzly bears, Arctic wolf, caribou, seals and peregrine falcons. Vegetation in the park is typical low tundra, with dwarf birch, willow and mountain avens. Scattered patches of boreal forest can be encountered in river valleys.
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