Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy-Mountains-National Park

Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy-Mountains-National Park
Mealy Mountains
Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 59 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location:	Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada
Next city:	Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Surface:	10,700 km²
Founding:	2015

The Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy-Mountains National Park ( English Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve ; French Réserve de parc national Akami-Uapishkᵁ – KakKasuak – Monts Mealy ) is a Canadian national park in the province of Newfoundland and Labradland . The park area covers an area of ​​10,700 km². The park, located east of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the Labrador region , was established in 2015, together with Qausuittuq National Park and Rouge National Urban Park . It is currently one of the three newest national parks in Canada . Unlike most of the other Canadian national parks, it is one of the nine parks currently designated as reserve . This addition results from other usage rights for the local indigenous peoples .

The park is bordered to the northwest by Hamilton Inlet and to the northeast by the Labrador Sea . The park is dominated by the Mealy Mountains , which are also eponymous for the park. The landscape in the park is characterized by boreal coniferous forest . Herds of the Canadian forest caribou , a forest subspecies of the caribou, live there .

The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .

Web links

Commons : Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve , on Parks Canada , (Eng., Fr.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park (English)