Nunavut

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/auyuittuq/index_e.asp
Location: On Baffin Island’s Cumberland Peninsula
Area: 19 707 km² (7,609 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1993
Historical:
1. The Thule people, ancestors of the present-day Inuit moved into the area after 1200 CE.
2. In 1585, John Davis, on a voyage of exploration charted and named Cumberland Peninsula.
Features:
1. Penny Ice Cap
2. Tundra

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/quttinirpaaq/index_e.asp
Location: On the northern tip of Canada's most northern island (Ellesmere), 800 km (497 mile) from the North Pole
Area: 37,775 km² (14,585 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1988
Historical:
1. The area was first inhabited about 4,000 years ago by a small group of Palaeo-Eskimos.
2. There was a second group who settled here, followed by the Dorset people.
3. About 1,000 years ago, the ancestors of present-day Inuit, the Thules, came from Alaska.
Features:
1. Mountains, glaciers, fiords, and ice shelves
2. 24-hour summer sunshine and dark winters

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/sirmilik/index_e.asp
Location: Three separate land areas: Bylot Island, Oliver Sound, and Borden Peninsula
Area: 22,000 km² (8,494 mi²)
Proclaimed: 2000
Historical:
Features:
1. Mountains, deep river valleys, hoodoo formations, flat open tundra, glaciers, and steep granite walls
2. Rich in archaeological sites