Wapusk National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Wapusk National Park
iucn_category = II

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caption = Location of "Wapusk National Park" in Canada
locator_x = 130
locator_y = 142
location = Manitoba, Canada
nearest_city = Churchill
lat_degrees = 57
lat_minutes = 14
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 92
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 13
long_direction = W
area = 11,475 km²
established = 1996
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Parks Canada

Wapusk National Park is Canada's 37th national park, established in 1996. The park is located in the Hudson Plains ecozone, 45 km south of Churchill in north-east Manitoba, Canada, on the shores of Hudson Bay. Access to the park is limited due to its remote location and an effort to preserve the park.

Wapusk is the Cree word for "white bear", and as the meaning indicates, the 11,475 km² park provides an excellent opportunity to view polar bears. It protects one of the world's largest known polar bear maternity denning areas. It includes a large part of the Hudson James Lowlands, a sub-arctic region bordering Hudson Bay that is mostly muskeg and wet peatlands. It is one of the wildest and most remote of Canadian landscapes.

ee also

*National Parks of Canada
*List of National Parks of Canada
*List of Manitoba parks

External links

* [http://pc.gc.ca/pn-np/mb/wapusk/index_e.asp Parks Canada: Wapusk National Park website]