Torngat Mountains National Park

Torngat Mountains National Park
Location:	Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada
Surface:	9700 km²
Founding:	January 22, 2005
Address:	Torngat Mountains National Park of Canada
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The National Park Torngatberge or Torngat Mountains National Park ( English Torngat Mountains National Park of Canada , French Parc national du Canada des Monts-Torngat ) is one of the four national parks in Canada's province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The task of the area, which was only founded in 2005 and is located in the extreme north of the province, is to protect a representative part of the mountainous landscape of North Labrador. This takes place in negotiations with the Inuit of Nunatsiavut , an autonomous region in the province.

With a height of 1652 m , Mount Caubvick , located in the southern park area, directly on the border with the province of Québec , is the highest point in the park.

Surname

The name of the park is derived from the word "Tongait". This word from the Inuit language, the Inuktitut , means “place inhabited by spirits” or “place of spirits”. At the same time, the name of the Torngat Mountains ( English Torngat Mountains , French Monts Torngat ) is derived from this word.

Flora and fauna

While there are still extensive forests in the neighboring Parc national Kuururjuaq , Torngat lies beyond the tree line. Apart from the black spruce , there are no more trees here. 330 vascular plants were recorded, as well as 220 other plants.

Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) live in the park in two herds, the Monts Targat herd and the George River herd, which takes its name from the Rivière George . Wolves, polar and black bears, foxes and arctic foxes and their food such as voles , lemmings and arctic hares ( Lepus arcticus ) live in the park .

Minke whales , fin whales and humpback whales can be found in the fjords . In addition to the common seal, there are harp seals , ringed seals and hooded seals .

The rock ptarmigan can be found in the park, where ring- necked ducks and spatulas nest , but also short-eared owls and peregrine falcons .

history

In 1998, the Nunavik Tourism Association became the first Inuit tourism association . She put through an annual musk ox hunt, and there were opportunities for rafting , climbing and mountain biking . The park was founded in 2005. Within the park, only the Inuit are allowed to carry weapons to protect them from bears. Bivouacs must be secured against these with a bear fence and safety equipment must be taken with you. Between 2009 and 2012 around 500 tourists visited the remote park each year, which has made them an important economic and cultural factor for the very small number of residents in the area, especially since jobs were created, such as in the Visitor Center. In addition, the park is managed by the indigenous people.

In 2014, an area in the area of the park was designated a National Historic Site of Canada . In this area, Ramah Chert was mined from 3000 BC to 1500 AD . The distinctive and important type of stone was used by several ancient cultures of the Northeast to make tools and other objects. Ramah Chert was the most widespread tool stone known in Northeast Canada and it was the base for long-distance transportation networks that stretched across easternmost Canada and into New England.

Web links

Commons : Torngat Mountains National Park - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Torngat Mountains National Park , on Parks Canada , (Eng., Fr.)

Remarks

^ Canada National Park High Points. Peakbagger.com, accessed August 31, 2020 .
↑ Harvey Lemlin, Margaret Johnston, Dave Lough, Judith Rowell, Wayne Broomfield, Gary Baikie, Kristie Sheppard: Two Parks, One Vision - Collaborative Management Approaches to Transboundary Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Tongait Kak Kasuangita Silak Kijapvinga / Torngat Mountains National Park, Nunatsiavut and le Parc national Kuururjuaq Nunavik , in: Thora Martina Herrmann, Thibault Martin (ed.): Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic , Springer, 2016, p. 72.
↑ Harvey Lemlin et al., P. 77.
↑ kitjigattalik - Ramah Chert Quarries National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, November 21, 2014, accessed September 21, 2017 .

[1] Canada National Park High Points. Peakbagger.com, accessed August 31, 2020 .

[2] Harvey Lemlin, Margaret Johnston, Dave Lough, Judith Rowell, Wayne Broomfield, Gary Baikie, Kristie Sheppard: Two Parks, One Vision - Collaborative Management Approaches to Transboundary Protected Areas in Northern Canada: Tongait Kak Kasuangita Silak Kijapvinga / Torngat Mountains National Park, Nunatsiavut and le Parc national Kuururjuaq Nunavik , in: Thora Martina Herrmann, Thibault Martin (ed.): Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic , Springer, 2016, p. 72.

[3] Harvey Lemlin et al., P. 77.

[4] kitjigattalik - Ramah Chert Quarries National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, November 21, 2014, accessed September 21, 2017 .