Tuktut Nogait National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in the Northwest Territories, Canada
About Tuktut Nogait National Park
Tuktut Nogait National Park covers an area of 18,100 km(7,000 sq mi), which is larger than Kuwait. It is 170 km (110 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the northeast corner of mainland Northwest Territories. Tuktut Nogait means "young caribou" in Inuvialuktun: The main rivers that run through the park are the Hornaday River, Brock River and Roscoe River. The park was established in 1998. Humans have occupied Tuktut Nogait since AD 1000 and surveys have identified over 400 archaeological sites in the park, including remnants of campsites, food caches, graves, and kayak rests. The oldest known archaeological sites are most likely Thule or Copper Inuit ranging from AD 1200 to 1500. Father Émile Petitot was the first European to reach the area in 1867-68. In 1930, the Hudson's Bay Company estab
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