While most National Parks are places where families are able to go and experience nature, beauty, and incredible places, I have learned Canada has some National Parks which are extremely remote, so much so you have fly or take a boat to them. Plus, some of these remote National Parks are also quite dangerous - due to Polar Bears. But remote and dangerous or not, Ukkusiksalik National Park Reserve is absolutely a park you want to know about, whether you ever visit it or not as it is a truly amazing place!
- Ukkusiksalik National Park Reserve covers 20,885 square kilometers and is located in Nunavut just south of the Arctic Circle.
- Ukkusiksalik National Park Reserve's name translates in Inuktitut to "the place where soapstone to make pots is found" and is pronounced like - oo-koo-sik-SAH-lik - In the Inuktitut writing system, this place name is written as ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ
- In earlier Inuit history, finding these specific deposits of soapstone (known as ukkusikhaq) was essential for survival, as the stone was carved into heat-retaining cooking pots and oil lamps.
- In Ukkusiksalik National Park Reserve you will find Reversing Waterfalls: The bay features a rare and dramatic reversing waterfall created by tides pushing through opposing channels.
- Ukkusiksalik is unique for its high density of polar bears and its overlapping habitat for barren-ground grizzly bears.
You will find my full post about Ukkusiksalik National Park Reserve at this link.
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