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Torngat Mountains was known as a park reserve since 2005, but became a national park on July 10, 2008, after the Land Claim Agreement came into legal effect. [16] When the LILCA was signed, they also signed the Park Impacts and Benefits Agreement (PIBA).
The Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve was announced on 1 December 2005. It aims to protect wildlife (caribou, polar bears, peregrine falcon and golden eagle among others), while offering wilderness-oriented recreational activities.
The Torngat Mountains are the southernmost range of the Arctic Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that reach 2,500 km to the northern point of Ellesmere Island. The Torngat Mountains form a peninsula between Ungava Bay on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. The ecoregion is only 100 km wide, and 300 km north to south.
Created as a wildlife sanctuary for elk, the park has become a part of bison conservation, the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve, and the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve. [20] Eighteen moose (nine males and nine females) from Elk Island were introduced to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1948. [19] Forillon: Quebec
In 2012, a cat named El Jefe (The Boss in Spanish) was spotted in the Santa Rita Mountains, then reappeared in Mexico in 2015. Another jaguar dubbed Sombra (Shadow in Spanish) was seen north of ...
Gros Morne National Park is a Canadian national park and World Heritage Site located on the west coast of Newfoundland. At 1,805 km 2 (697 sq mi), it is the second largest national park in Atlantic Canada after Torngat Mountains National Park , which has an area of 9,700 km 2 (3,700 sq mi).
The Sanctuary’s education center in Hohenwald is open to the public and houses a beautiful interpretive museum that provides visitors with information about elephants’ care, their natural ...
The Torngat Mountains, located in the northern part of the peninsula, contain the highest point of the peninsula, Mount Caubvick, which at 1,652 metres (5,420 ft) is also the highest point of mainland Canada east of Alberta. The mountains also host Torngat Mountains National Park, the only