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The Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, at 52,000 square kilometres (20,077 sq mi), [2] over twice the area of Belgium, is the largest wildlife refuge in Canada. [3] 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 north between the Baillie River on the west and the ...
McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary [18] Bird sanctuary: Arviat: 354 km 2 (137 sq mi) Niginganiq National Wildlife Area [19] (Isabella Bay). Specialized sanctuary for bowhead whales. National Wildlife Area: Clyde River
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. The wildlife sanctuary received its designation on 2 May 1939 [1] and has an area of 142,500 hectares
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. [1]
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. [1] It is classified as Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) under the International Union for Conservation of Nature .
Sign on the limit of Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Quebec. Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. [1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
Up to two million birds of various species use the area for summer nesting, and it is also "habitat for one of Canada's major barren-ground caribou herds". [2] The sanctuary was established in 1957, and is subject to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which defines and governs ownership, land use and hunting rights in the area [citation needed].
The Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada.Located on Bylot Island, it was federally designated in 1965, and is classified as Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.