Thorngat Mountains National Park
Thorngat Mountains, Nane, A0P 1L0, Canada
Description:
Torngat Mountains National Park is located in the northeast of the Labrador Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the border with the province of Quebec in Canada. Founded on December 1, 2005, it is Labrador’s first national park and the largest in Atlantic Canada. The name of the park in translation from Inuit language means - "Place of the soul".
Thorngat Mountains National Park stretches from Cape Chidley in the north to Sagleck Bay in the south. The eastern border of the park is the shore of the Labrador Sea, the northern border passes through the territory of the island of Killinek, and in the west - coincides with the border of Quebec.
On the western square of the park stretches the mountains of Torngat, which belong to the Polar Cordilleras. By the name of the mountains, the park was named. The highest point of the park is Mount Kobwik – 1652 meters.
The park is inhabited by many mammals - white and black bears, caribou, foxes, polar hares and others.