Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve

Infobox_protected_area | name = Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve
iucn_category = II

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caption = "Torngat Mountains" National Park Location
locator_x = 208
locator_y = 108
location = Labrador, Canada
nearest_city = Nain
lat_degrees = 58
lat_minutes = 40
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 63
long_minutes = 06
long_seconds = 02
long_direction = W
area = 9,600 km²
established = 1 December, 2005
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Parks Canada

Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve is a national park reserve located on the Labrador Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The park was established on January 22, 2005, making it the first national park to be created in Labrador. It is the southernmost national park in the Arctic Cordillera.

The park aims to protect wildlife (caribou, polar bears, peregrine falcon and golden eagle among others), while offering wilderness-oriented recreational activities (hiking, scrambling, kayaking). Set in the Torngat Mountains, the name comes from the Inuktitut word "Torngait", meaning "place of spirits".

The park extends over an area of 9,700 km², from the northern tip of Labrador to Saglek Fjord.

This is the first national park reserve to be established in Labrador. It is expected that full national park status will be achieved once the territorial claims of the Nunavik Inuit of northern Quebec are resolved.

ee also

*List of National Parks of Canada
*List of Canadian provincial parks

External links

* [http://pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/torngats/index_e.asp Official Parks Canada website]
* [http://www.pc.gc.ca/agen/bulletin/torngat_E.asp Parks Canada] - Announcement of establishment of Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve
* [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/exec/0122n02back1.htm Park page at Newfoundland and Labrador Government site]