Tuktut Nogait National Park

Welcome to Canada's Tuktut Nogait National Park located in the Norwest Territory about 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Tuktut Nogait means Young Caribou in the Inuvialuktun Native American language. The human history of Tuktut Nogait National Park dates back at least 1,000 years and there are 360 known archeological sites inside the park. These peoples include people of the Thule and Copper Inuit nations, a people who made many of their tools out of copper and used canines for transportation purposes. Some of the park's wild animals include grizzly bears, wolves, red foxes, moose, peregrine falcons, and many others. For the recreational enthusiast Tuktut Nogait National Park offers spectacular backcountry hiking and canoeing adventures and more. Come out and explore!