Protected Areas Established in 2003: Ukkusiksalik National Park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Orchard Park, Elk Knob State Park

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Ukkusiksalik National Park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Orchard Park, Elk Knob State Park, Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Reedville Creek Park, Cairngorms National Park, Congaree National Park, Pampadum Shola National Park, Repovesi National Park, El Estrecho Natural Park, Shirvan National Park, Mayo River State Park, Pigeon Island National Park, Haw River State Park, Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, Leivonmaki National Park, Festningen Geotope Protected Area, Suffield National Wildlife Area, Lauwersmeer National Park, Ag-Gel National Park, Dovre National Park, Junction and Breakwater Trail, Sand Hollow State Park, Moysalen National Park, Ghodaghodi Tal, Beeshazar Tal, Ai- Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, Otishi National Park, Pink Triangle Park, Penang National Park, Jagdishpur Reservoir, Khustain Nuruu National Park, Valdivian Coastal Reserve, Sassen - Bunsow Land National Park, Cape Ca Mau National Park, Nordre Isfjorden National Park, Nordenskiold Land National Park, Fishtrap Lake State Park, Foret-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve, Mineral Mound State Park, Serpentine-de-Coleraine Ecological Reserve, Ile-Garth Ecological Reserve. Excerpt: Ukkusiksalik National Park is a national park in Nunavut, Canada. Ukkusiksalik National Park is a 20,500 square kilometres (7,900 sq mi) tundra and coastal mudflat region extending south of the Arctic Circle and the hamlet of Repulse Bay, from Hudson Bay's Roes Welcome Sound towards the western Barrenlands and the source of Brown River. The park surrounds Wager Bay, a 100 kilometres (62 mi) long inlet on the Hudson Bay. Although the smallest of Nunavut's four national parks, it is the sixth largest in Canada. Its name relates to steatite found there: Ukkusiksalik means where there is material for the stone pot (from ukkusik, meaning pot ...