Recognized as a national historic site, Bloody Falls is located on the west side of the Coppermine River on a 7.5-square-kilometre tract of rolling tundra. Northern people used the falls as a nomadic campground for centuries. The area was given its English name when...

The park has a wide variety of wildlife with muskox being predominant; there are also barren-ground caribou, arctic hare, arctic fox, and North American brown lemmings. There are several lakes within the park and most contain Arctic char and lake trout. Birds include...

Inuujaarvik Territorial Park (campground) provides a great place to camp while in Baker Lake - the Geographic Centre of Canada! It is perfect for canoeists from the Thelon or Kazan Heritage Rivers wanting to check out the Arts and Crafts the hamlet is famous for, the...

Mallikjuaq means "big wave" in Inuktitut, an appropriate name for an island where rounded rock hills and low tundra valleys resemble giant rolling waves. But while Mallikjuaq Island Park derives its name from its topography, it gets its spirit from its human history....

Pisuktinu Tunngavik Territorial Park (campground) provides a great place to camp while in Pangnirtung visiting the sites in and around the community including Auyuittuq National Park; Kekerten Park, one of the major cruise ship and educational destinations in...

Tamaarvik Territorial Park (campground) plays a role in supporting tourism development in the growing community of Pond Inlet including the newly established Sirmilik National Park, one of the major tourist attractions in the Eastern Arctic. Visitors will see...

Taqaiqsirvik Territorial Park (Campground) provides a great place to camp after hiking Katannilik Territorial Park or canoeing the Soper Heritage River. Stay at the campground to visit the sites in and around the community including the Katannilik Park Visitor...

Established in 1927 as the Thelon Game Sanctuary to conserve muskox populations, its original size was 39,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi). It was expanded in 1956 to its present size, and is home to the most northernly known moose above the tree line. In...

Tupirvik Territorial Park (campground) provides a great place to camp in Resolute Bay. Look for the signs from the airport to the site. Tupirvik Territorial Park has newly been developed and includes outhouse facilities, tent pads and fire pits. While in Resolute,...

First Nations people visited the river valley as part of their seasonal round of hunting, and later to barter with the new Europeans who came to trade and settle. HBC first explored the area in the mid-1700s and settlements started to appear shortly after. The...