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| Public Safety | Contact Us Aulavik National Park of Canada Box 29 Sachs Harbour, NWT Canada X0E 0Z0 Phone: (867) 690-3904 Fax: (867) 690-4808 Email: Inuvik.info@pc.gc.ca
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Aulavik National Park of Canada
Activities
Paddling the Thomsen River
© Parks Canada / Wayne Lynch / 1994
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Aulavik National Park offers unprecedented opportunities for backcountry enthusiasts to experience the arctic. Paddlers can take a multi-week trip down the pristine, gently flowing Thomsen River. Backpackers can explore the expansive, rolling terrain where hiking is possible virtually anywhere.
This far north, the sun does not set for most of the summer season. These months of endless daylight offer visitors a unique chance to paddle or hike at any time of the day or night. The midnight sun is also accompanied by hours of soft light and long shadows – a photographer’s dream.
Watching Muskoxen
© Parks Canada / James McCormick / 2002
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A highlight of any trip to Aulavik is wildlife viewing and bird watching. The open landscape and continuous light means you are certain to see a variety of species such as arctic foxes, lemmings, arctic wolves, shore and sea birds, raptors, and of course, herds of muskoxen.
Keep in mind that this is true wilderness. There are no facilities, services, established trails or campgrounds in the park. Visitors must be entirely self-sufficient and be able to handle any medical or weather-related emergency on their own.
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