Sirmilik National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Nunavut, Canada
About Sirmilik National Park
Sirmilik National Park, nearest the town of Pond Inlet, covers an area of 22,200 km² (8,600 sq mi), which is larger than El Salvador. Situated within the Arctic Cordillera, the park is composed of three areas: most of Bylot Island with the exception for a few areas that are Inuit-owned lands, Oliver Sound, and Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula. Much of the park is bordered by water. Geographically, it is representative of the Northern Eastern Arctic Lowlands Natural Region and parts of the Lancaster Sound Marine Region. In the Inuktitut (or Inuit language), Sirmilik means "place of glaciers". As Canadian Arctic Inuktitut-speakers referred to northern Baffin Island as Sirmilik, the name of the geographic region became the name of the national park. Extensive archaeological exploration of the
Sirmilik National Park Travel Guide Sections
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