Quttinirpaaq National Park

Shimmering ice caps are punctured by jagged black peaks and massive glaciers fuel wild rivers. White Arctic hare graze amid a purple saxifrage-dotted landscape while ancient peoples’ camps and explorers’ shelters dot rugged, pristine Quttinirpaaq. The top of the world is an extreme and exhilarating experience where groups of muskoxen roam the tundra and curious caribou pass nearby in the glow of the Midnight Sun.

Featured things to do

two Northern Iconic Experience visitors take a selfie near Tanquary Fiord, with vast views of tundra, glaciers, and peaks behind them
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three hikers at Tanquary Fiord, with Gull Glacier in the background
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Hours of operation

Closed until early June

Fees

Free admission for youth in 2018.
Other fees still apply.
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Contact us

Telephone: 867-975-4673
Toll-free: 1-888-773-8888
Email: nunavut.info@pc.gc.ca

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Sites nearby

  • an inukshuk in Akshayuk Pass, with Thor Peak in the background
    Auyuittuq National Park

    A zig-zag skyline of craggy granite peaks and glittering glaciers overlooks tundra valleys and steep-walled fiords whose winding waterways teem with narwhal and ringed seals, Auyuittuq is a diverse and grand-scale Arctic experience.

  • image of Peary caribou
    Qausuittuq National Park

    Imagine a cluster of islands in a frozen sea, a home for the endangered Peary caribou, a traditional hunting and fishing area that has sustained Inuit of Resolute Bay since the time of their relocation in the 1950’s; Qausuittuq National Park is all of that and more.

  • rugged coastline of Sirmilik National Park
    Sirmilik National Park

    Paddle among seals and floating ice, listening for the breaths of narwhal and beluga whales. Ski across glaciers. Travel by snowmobile to the floe edge on the lookout for polar bears, ringed seals and walruses. Stop in at Inuit, Thule and European cultural sites. Visiting Sirmilik is the ultimate Arctic adventure.

  • image of a hiker near Ukkusiksalik National Park
    Ukkusiksalik National Park

    Ukkusiksalik’s rolling ochre hills and lush tundra thrive with wildlife, and are dotted with archeological reminders of human cultures passing for millennia through this remote wilderness. Paddle or boat an inland sea amid beluga whales and seals. Hike through wildflowers and in the company of stone inuksuk beneath the glow of the Midnight Sun.

  • Parks Canada underwater archaeologist diving to learn about the wreck of HMS Erebus
    Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

    Follow the continuing work of Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team and partners as they undertake the excavation of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.