Welcome to Torngat Mountains National Park

Let’s explore nature in our Parks Canada Series.

This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!
This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!

As part of our Parks Canada series, we are highlighting one national park a month. Here we go!

PARK NAME: Torngat Mountains National Park

LOCATION: Newfoundland and Labrador

1. This park can only be reached by boat, plane, or helicopter during the summer. Visitors stay at the base camp that is found outside the park. Inuit guides take visitors on special excursions into the park where they can hike, fish, spot wildlife, whale watch, visit historic sites, and more.

2. Torngat is the homeland of the Inuit. The land is named after the Inuktitut word Tongait. It means “place of spirits.” Some sites in the park date back almost 7,000 years! The Inuit manage this park together with Parks Canada.

3. Torngat Mountains National Park is a polar bear habitat. There are also caribou, black bears, and wolves. Smaller mammals include arctic foxes, arctic hares, lemmings, and voles. In the waters, people can see whales and seals. Harlequin ducks, a species at risk, also call this place home.

By Mandy Ng
Updated March 31, 2025, 5:00 P.M. (ET)

Canada
This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!
This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!

Welcome to Torngat Mountains National Park

Let’s explore nature in our Parks Canada Series.

As part of our Parks Canada series, we are highlighting one national park a month. Here we go!

PARK NAME: Torngat Mountains National Park

LOCATION: Newfoundland and Labrador

1. This park can only be reached by boat, plane, or helicopter during the summer. Visitors stay at the base camp that is found outside the park. Inuit guides take visitors on special into the park where they can hike, fish, spot wildlife, whale watch, visit historic sites, and more.

2. Torngat is the of the Inuit. The land is named after the word Tongait. It means “place of spirits.” Some sites in the park date back almost 7,000 years! The Inuit manage this park together with Parks Canada.

3. Torngat Mountains National Park is a polar bear habitat. There are also caribou, black bears, and wolves. Smaller mammals include arctic foxes, arctic hares, lemmings, and voles. In the waters, people can see whales and seals. Harlequin ducks, a species at risk, also call this place home.

By Mandy Ng
Updated March 31, 2025, 5:00 P.M. (ET)

Canada

Welcome to Torngat Mountains National Park

Let’s explore nature in our Parks Canada Series.

This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!
This park is bigger than Prince Edward Island!

As part of our Parks Canada series, we are highlighting one national park a month. Here we go!

PARK NAME: Torngat Mountains National Park

LOCATION: Newfoundland and Labrador

1. This park can only be reached by boat, plane, or helicopter during the summer. Visitors stay at the base camp that is found outside the park. Inuit guides take visitors on special into the park where they can hike, fish, spot wildlife, whale watch, visit historic sites, and more.

2. Torngat is the of the Inuit. The land is named after the word Tongait. It means “place of spirits.” Some sites in the park date back almost 7,000 years! The Inuit manage this park together with Parks Canada.

3. Torngat Mountains National Park is a polar bear habitat. There are also caribou, black bears, and wolves. Smaller mammals include arctic foxes, arctic hares, lemmings, and voles. In the waters, people can see whales and seals. Harlequin ducks, a species at risk, also call this place home.

By Mandy Ng
Updated March 31, 2025, 5:00 P.M. (ET)

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Torngat is the traditional territory of the Inuit. They work with Parks Canada to manage the land. This is an inuksuk, a stone structure used to mark an area. The plural is inuksuit. Torngat is full of majestic mountains and long fjords (narrow inlets of water). Torngat Mountains Base Camp is a place to stay nearby the park. The park is full of wildlife, including caribou ... ... and polar bears! These delightful white floofs are wildflowers! On the waters, there are many icebergs. And in the skies, you can see stunning auroras! Torngat's rugged beauty makes it one of Canada's most inspiring, untouched natural spaces.
Torngat is the traditional territory of the Inuit. They work with Parks Canada to manage the land.
This is an inuksuk, a stone structure used to mark an area. The plural is inuksuit.
Torngat is full of majestic mountains and long fjords (narrow inlets of water).
Torngat Mountains Base Camp is a place to stay nearby the park.
The park is full of wildlife, including caribou ...
... and polar bears!
These delightful white floofs are wildflowers!
On the waters, there are many icebergs.
And in the skies, you can see stunning auroras!
Torngat's rugged beauty makes it one of Canada's most inspiring, untouched natural spaces.

Fact

The oldest rocks in Torngat Mountains National Park are more than 3.6 billion years old! This makes them among some of the older rocks found around the world.

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Photo Credits: Front:
Article: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
PIN: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
Slide 1: © Parks Canada / Heiko Wittenborn
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Slide 3: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
Slide 4: © Parks Canada / Guy Thériault / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
Slide 5: © Parks Canada / Heiko Wittenborn
Slide 6: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
Slide 7: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten
Slide 8: © Parks Canada / Guy Thériault
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Slide 10: © Parks Canada / Guillaume Paquette-Jetten

Citations:
Parks Canada. (2012, April 23). Torngat Mountains National Park: an Inuit Homeland [Video]. YouTube.
Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada. (2025, March 11). Torngat Mountains National Park.
The Torngats | Newfoundland Labrador Canada | Where your journey begins. (2021, April 6).
Torngat Mountains National Park - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (n.d.).
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, November 15). Nunatsiavut. Wikipedia.

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Welcome to Torngat Mountains National Park

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