Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park

Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park covers all of Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea, about 5 kilometres north of Yukon’s coast. Its Inuvialuktun name, Qikiqtaruk, means “our island.” Established in 1987 as Yukon’s first territorial park through the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, it forms part of the broader Inuvialuit Settlement Region spanning Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The park remains important for traditional Inuvialuit activities while protecting the island’s natural life. It is especially known for a large colony of black guillemots, called inagiq in Inuvialuktun, and stands as both a protected area and a place of continuing Indigenous connection.

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