Qausuittuq National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Nunavut, Canada
About Qausuittuq National Park
Qausuittuq National Park (pronouncedQow-soo-ee-tooq, from Inuktitut meaning "place where the sun does not rise") is a national park on northwest Bathurst Island in Nunavut. The park covers 11,000 km², almost two thirds of Bathurst Island. It is larger thanKosovo. The name was selected through a contest in the local area. Qausuittuq National Park was established on September 1, 2015. It was opened to the public and received its first visitors in 2016. Archaeological studies in the Bathurst Island area indicate occasional human use over the past 4500 years by prehistoric and historic Dorset and Thule Inuit. Human presence fluctuated with changes in climate, ice cover and the corresponding availability of wildlife for subsistence. Human use was primarily in the southern and eastern part of Ba
Qausuittuq National Park Travel Guide Sections
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