NUNAVIK PARKS

A division of the Kativik Regional Government, Nunavik Parks protects natural regions with extraordinary features north of Quebec's ^55th parallel. Parc national des Pingualuit is home to a meteorite impact crater 3.4 km in diameter and 267 m deep. The lake occupying this crater contains some of the purest water in the world. Kuururjuaq National Park, best known to adventurers for the Torngat Mountains, watches over the highest peaks on the eastern North American continent. Tursujuq National Park, Quebec's largest at 26,107 ^km2, is located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, near Umiujaq. Its spectacular territory includes Lake Tasiujaq (or Lac Guillaume-Delisle), an immense inland sea linked to Hudson Bay by a narrow inlet and bordered by cuestas, as well as Lake Wiyâshâkimî (or Lac à l'Eau Claire), home to a rare population of freshwater seals. The youngest addition to the network is Ulittaniujalik National Park, located in the majestic glacial valley of the George and Ford rivers and the surrounding highlands. It is the only park with an Inuit fishing outfitter on its territory, Pyramid Mountain Camp, established in the 1950s. A park project is also underway: the Iluiliq Park in the far north of Nunavik, between the communities of Ivujivik and Salluit. It is home to one of the world's largest colonies of thick-billed murres.