Ff Ff F F F Ff F F F F F F Ff F F Ff F F F F F F F F F Ff F F F F Ff

130°0'0"W 120°0'0"W 110°0'0"W 100°0'0"W 90°0'0"WF F 80°0'0"W GREENLAND FF Hudson U.S.A. F Bay Resolute Quebec Area 1 ! Qikiqtani ound r S as te Nunavut, Canada LFanc Sanikiluaq Figure 4.3-2 F! Char Species - CANADA Area 2 F Kitikmeot

Arctic Char Range2 U.S.A. Arctic Char Area of Abundance2 Area of Detail ! F 4 F! Arctic Bay Lake Trout Range Traditional Harvest Data 1,3 F Arctic Char James Commercia Ontario Bay F F M F Commercial/Domestic

' C Area 2 F Domestic l F i n Sport t F F o F 1,3 Lake Trout c F k Domestic

70°0'0"N F C h Base Features a Qikiqtani n n ! Community e F l F F F Road F Conservation Area F Lake / River Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park F Migratory Bird Sanctuary F 70°0'0"N National Wildlife Area F F F Gulf F of F F ! F FF 1:5,000,000 Boothia F Tal oyo ak F F F! 2512.5 0 25 50 75 100 125 Cambridge Bay ! F F! F F FF FF Kilometres F F Prepared By: Nunami-Stantec F! F Kugluktuk F GjoaF Haven F! F! F F References: F F F Kugaaruk F! 1Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe (ed.), F Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. F Umingmaktok Edmonton, AB. F 2 F Mercier, F., F. Rennie, D. Harvey and C.A. Lewis (Eds.). 1994. Arctic Marine Workshop Proceedings. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Park Establishment Branch, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada F F Department of Canadian Heritage. Bathurst Inlet F!F F 3Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study. Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp.

NUNAVUT F 4 Repulse Bay F F Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. ! FFFF F Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 184. xi + 966 pp. F Kitikmeot F F F F

Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada F Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 F Date: January 27 2012 F F Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_3_2_Arctic_Char.mxd F Produced By: R Stohmann Area 1 Baker Lake Verified By: MM F! Revision: 05 110°0'0"W 100°0'0"W 90°0'0"W F 150°0'0"W 140°0'0"W 130°0'0"W 120°0'0"W 110°0'0"W 100°0'0"W 90°0'0"W 80°0'0"W 70°0'0"W 60°0'0"W 50°0'0"W 40°0'0"W 30°0'0"W Alert !

GREENLAND Hudson U.S.A. Bay ARCTIC Quebec Area 1 Qikiqtani OCEAN F Nunavut, Canada Sanikiluaq Figure 4.3-3 F! Char Species - CANADA Area 2 F Qikiqtani

2 U.S.A. Arctic Char Range 2 Area of Detail NUNAVUT Arctic Char Area of Abundance 4 Lake Trout Range Traditional Harvest Data 1 James Arctic Char Ontario Bay F Commercial F Commercial/Domestic Area 2 70°0'0"N F Domestic F Sport 1,3 Lake Trout F Domestic Grise Fiord F! Base Features F GREENLAND ! M Community ' C l u Road r e S Conservation Area t r F a F Baffin Lakes / River i F t F Bay Nunavut Regional Boundary F Resolute National Park ! u n d So Migratory Bird Sanctuary a ster L anc National Wildlife Area

! ! Arctic Bay F 1:9,000,000 FF Pond Inlet M 10050 0 100 200 300 400

' F C FFF F

i F ! Kilometres n F D Clyde River F t F o F c F a Prepared By: k Qikiqtani F

70°0'0"N Nunami-Stantec C F v F h F a F F F n n F i e l References: s F Gulf 1 F ! Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe (ed.), Qikiqtarjuaq Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. F of FF F Igloolik Edmonton, AB. F ! FF FF F 2 F Tal oyo ak Boothia S F Mercier, F., F. Rennie, D. Harvey and C.A. Lewis (Eds.). 1994. Arctic F ! Hall Beach Cambridge Bay ! F F ! Marine Workshop Proceedings. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Park F F FF FF F Establishment Branch, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada F F t F Pangnirtung Department of Canadian Heritage. F! ! F F F 3 Kugluktuk Gjoa HavenF! F! F F r Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study. F Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp. F F F Kugaaruk FF F F! a F 4 F F Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. Umingmaktok F F F Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 184. xi + 966 pp. F F i Foxe Kitikmeot F t Bathurst InletFF! F F Basin Repulse Bay FF FFFF! FF Iqaluit F F F F F!FFF Cape Dorset F F! F F Kimmirut !

F 60°0'0"N Coral Harbour F ! H F F F u d F s FBaker Lake o n Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada ! S Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 F t r F a Date: January 27 2012 F F i t F Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_3_3_Arctic_Char.mxd Produced By: R Stohmann ! F Area 1 F Verified By: MM F! Revision: 05 110°0'0"W 100°0'0"W 90°0'0"W 80°0'0"W 70°0'0"W 160°0'0"W 150°0'0"W 140°0'0"W 130°0'0"W 120°0'0"W 110°0'0"W 100°0'0"W 90°0'0"W 80°0'0"W 70°0'0"W 60°0'0"W 50°0'0"W 40°0'0"W 30°0'0"W 20°0'0"W

GREENLAND Alert !

U.S.A. ARCTIC Qikiqtani Area 1 OCEAN Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq ! Figure 4.3-4 CANADA Area 2 F< Other Freshwater Fish Species 70°0'0"N

3 Arctic Grayling Range U.S.A. 3 Area of Detail Burbot Range 3 Northern Pike Range 3 Slimy Sculpin Range Traditional Harvest Data James 1,2 Bay Arctic Grayling F Domestic Area 2 F Sport 1,2 Burbot Grise Fiord Domestic ! F 1,2 F< Northern Pike M ' C Domestic l u F 1,2 r e Slimy Sculpin S t Baffin < Domestic r GREENLAND F Beaufort a i t Base Features Resolute Bay ! ! Community Sea un d So L a n ca st e r Road Conservation Area 70°0'0"N Lake / River Arctic Bay ! ! < Pond Inlet Nunavut Regional Boundary

M F< F National Park

C D Migratory Bird Sanctuary

i ! n Clyde RiverF< a National Wildlife Area t o F c Qikiqtani v k

C i h a n s n Gulf e l ! 1:11,000,000 of QikiqtarjuaqF< Igloolik ! 10050 0 100 200 300 400 Tal oyo ak Boothia < ! F S Hall Beach !Cambridge Bay ! F Kilometres Pangnirtung F ! ! t F Gjoa Haven ! < Prepared By: KugluktukF ! F F< Kugaaruk r Nunami-Stantec ! < Umingmaktok F a Foxe References: Bathurst Inlet ! Kitikmeot i F< Basin Repulse Bay 1 F< ! Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe F t F< (ed.), Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Iqaluit Nunavut. Edmonton, AB.

! 60°0'0"N < F 2Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study. Cape Dorset Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp. ! < Kimmirut 3 F ! Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. < Coral Harbour F Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 184. xi + 966 pp. ! H u F < d s o Baker Lake n ! F S F t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest F ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! FF< Whale Cove

ArviatF! F< Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada FF Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Quebec Date: January 27 2012 Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_2_4_Freshwater.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 05

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GREENLAND Alert ! Hudson U.S.A. Bay ARCTIC Quebec Qikiqtani Area 1 OCEAN Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq F! Figure 4.3-5 CANADA Area 2 Whitefish Species 70°0'0"N

3 Lake Whitefish Range U.S.A. 3 Area of Detail Broad Whitefish Range 3 Lake Herring Range Traditional Harvest Data 1,2 Unidentified Whitefish James < Ontario Bay F Commercial (Lake or Broad Whitefish) F< Domestic (Lake or Broad Whitefish) 1,2 Area 2 Lake Herring F Commercial Grise Fiord ! F Commercial/Domestic M F Domestic ' C 1,2 l u Lake Whitefish r e S F Commercial t Baffin r GREENLAND a F Domestic i t Resolute Bay F Sport ! un d Beaufort So Base Features L a n ca st e r ! Community 70°0'0"N Sea Road Arctic Bay ! Conservation Area

! Pond Inlet M Lake / River

' C D Nunavut Regional Boundary

i ! n Clyde River a National Park

t o Migratory Bird Sanctuary c Qikiqtani v k National Wildlife Area

C i h a n n s < Gulf F e < ! FFF l of Qikiqtarjuaq Igloolik 1:11,000,000 FF< F< F< F ! Tal oyo ak F< Boothia S F ! F FCambridge Bay F Hall Beach ! FF< ! 10050 0 100 200 300 400 F< F< F F< < F F F Pangnirtung t F! ! Kilometres Kugluktuk Gjoa HavenFF! ! Kugaaruk r F< Prepared By: F! Umingmaktok Nunami-Stantec F< a Foxe Bathurst InletF! Basin i Repulse Bay References: F Kitikmeot ! t Iqaluit 1Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe ! 60°0'0"N (ed.), Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. Edmonton, AB. Cape Dorset ! 2Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study. Kimmirut F Kivalliq ! Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp. F Coral Harbour 3 F ! H u d Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. FBaker Lake s o n Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 184. xi + 966 pp. ! S FF< t r F a i t Yellowknife < FF ! F < F < FChesterfield Inlet ! F< Northwest F< F< F< < F F< Rankin Inlet ! Terr it ories F< 60°0'0"N F< F! Whale Cove F<

Arviat! F Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada < F Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Date: January 27 2012 < Quebec Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_3_5_Whitefish.mxd < F F Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 05

GREENLAND Alert ! Hudson U.S.A. Bay ARCTIC Quebec Qikiqtani

Area 1 OCEAN Nunavut, Canada * NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq # *#! Figure 4.4-1 CANADA Area 2 Marine Invertebrates 70°0'0"N

4 Coral and Sponges U.S.A. 2 Area of Detail Icelandic Scallop Area of Abundance Northern Striped Pink Shrimp 2,4 Area of Abundance

Traditional Harvest Data

James 1,3 Clam * Ontario Bay # Domestic 1,3

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*# Domestic

* # Base Features !Grise Fiord ! Community M ' C Road l u r e Conservation Area S t Baffin

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* ! !Pangnirtung# t Kugluktuk Gjoa Haven! ! References: Kugaaruk r ! 1Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe Umingmaktok a (ed.), Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. Edmonton, AB. Foxe Bathurst Inlet ! Kitikmeot i 2Mercier, F., F. Rennie, D. Harvey and C.A. Lewis (Eds.). 1994. Arctic

Repulse Bay Basin Marine Workshop Proceedings. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Park

t Establishment Branch, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada

Iqaluit # Department of Canadian Heritage.

! 60°0'0"N

3Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study.

* Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp.

Cape# Dorset ! * *# Kimmirut# 4 ! Stephenson, S.A. and Hartwig, L (Eds.). 2010. The Arctic Marine *# Workshop. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Coral Harbour Oceans Canada. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic *#! H u d Baker Lake s o n Sciences 2934. 67 pp. ! S (shape files provided by DFO to Nunami Stantec). January 20, 2012. t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq #! *Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Date: January 27 2012 Quebec Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_4_1_Invertebrates.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 05

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GREENLAND Alert ! Hudson U.S.A. Bay ARCTIC Quebec Qikiqtani Nunavut, Canada Area 1 OCEAN NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq Figure 4.12-1 ! Post 1980 Distribution of CANADA Area 2

70°0'0"N Muskox in Nunavut

1,3,4,5 U.S.A. Muskox Distribution 1997 2,4 Area of Detail Muskox Distribution 1982 Base Data ! Community James Road Ontario Bay Conservation Area Area 2 Lake / River Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park !Grise Fiord Migratory Bird Sanctuary M ' C National Wildlife Area l u r e S t Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i t Resolute Bay ! Sea un d So L a n ca st e r 70°0'0"N

Arctic Bay ! 1:11,000,000

! Pond Inlet M 10050 0 100 200 300 400

C D

i ! n Clyde River a Kilometres

t o c Qikiqtani v Prepared By: k Nunami-Stantec C i h a n s n Gulf e l ! References: of Qikiqtarjuaq Igloolik ! 1Government of Nunavut. 2003. In reference to the Consolidation of Tal oyo ak Boothia S Wildlife Management Muskox Areas Regulations R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. ! Hall Beach !Cambridge Bay ! W-11, as duplicated for Nunavut by s. 29 of the Nunavut Act. Department of Environment. !Pangnirtung t ! 2 Kugluktuk Gjoa Haven! ! Government of Nunavut. 2004a. Adapted from Uqrquhart, D.R. 1982. Kugaaruk r Muskox life history and current status of muskoxen in the NWT. ! Northwest Territories Renewable Resources Wildlife Service. Umingmaktok a Department of Environment. 39 pp. Foxe 3Government of Nunavut. 2004b. Adapted from Fournier, B. and A. Bathurst Inlet ! Kitikmeot i Gunn, 1998. Muskox numbers and distribution in the Northwest Repulse Bay Basin Territories, 1997. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic ! t Development File Report, No. 121. Department of Environment.

Iqaluit 4

! 60°0'0"N Government of Nunavut. 2005a. Adapted from Case, 1992. Distribution and abundance of Muskoxen on Devon Island, NWT August 1990. Manuscript Report, No. 58. Department of Environment, Government of Cape Dorset ! NWT. Yellowknife, NWT. Kimmirut ! 5Government of Nunavut. 2005b. Adapted from Case, R. and Coral Harbour T. Ellesworth. Government of the NWT, Yellowknife, 1991. Distribution ! H u d and abundance of muskoxen and Peary caribou on Southern Ellesmere Baker Lake s o n ! S Island, NWT, July 1989: Manuscript Report, No. 41. t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Quebec Date: January 27 2012 Filename:123110328_NPC_Fig04_12_1_Muskox.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 02

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GREENLAND Alert ! Hudson U.S.A. Bay ARCTIC Quebec Qikiqtani Nunavut, Canada Area 1 OCEAN NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq Figure 4.12-2 ! Muskox Management Areas CANADA Area 2

70°0'0"N in Nunavut post 1985

1 U.S.A. Muskox Management Areas: 2006 Area of Detail Base Features ! Community Road James Conservation Area Ontario Bay MX/03-SF Lake / River Area 2 Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park Migratory Bird Sanctuary MX/05-GF !Grise Fiord National Wildlife Area M ' C MX/08-WD l u r e S MX/01-BI t MX/06-ND Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i MX/02-CI MX/07-SD t Resolute Bay ! Sea un d So L a n ca st e r 70°0'0"N

MX/09-RB Arctic Bay !

! Pond Inlet M

C D

l MX/09-TA i ! n Clyde River a

t o c Qikiqtani v 1:11,000,000 k

C i h 10050 0 100 200 300 400 a MX/11-VI n s n Gulf e MX/10-BP Kilometres ! l of Qikiqtarjuaq Igloolik ! Prepared By: Tal oyo ak Boothia S Nunami-Stantec MX/12-WC ! Hall Beach !Cambridge Bay ! MX/14-KW ! !Pangnirtung t Kugluktuk Gjoa Haven! ! References: Umingmaktok Kugaaruk r 1 ! Government of Nunavut. 2003. In reference to the Consolidation of a Wildlife Management Muskox Areas Regulations R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. W-11, as duplicated for Nunavut by s. 29 of the Nunavut Act. MX/14-EX Foxe Department of Environment. Bathurst Inlet ! MX/14-QM i Repulse Bay Basin MX/13-CM ! t Iqaluit

! 60°0'0"N Kitikmeot Cape Dorset ! Kimmirut ! MX/14-NK Coral Harbour ! H u d s MX/15-TH Baker Lake o n ! S t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories MX/15-SK Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Date: January 27 2012 Quebec Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig04_12_2_Muskox.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 04

Hudson GREENLAND Alert ! Bay

U.S.A. Qikiqtani ARCTIC Sleeper Islands

North Belcher Islands Area 1 OCEAN ! Sanikiluaq Salikuit Islands Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Figure 6.1-1

CANADA Area 2 South Flaherty Islands Important Bird Areas in Nunavut 70°0'0"N

1 U.S.A. Important Bird Area Area of Detail Base Features ! Community James Bay Road Ontario Conservation Area Lake / River Inglefield Mountains Area 2 Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park Seymour Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary !Grise Fiord North Kent Island National Wildlife Area M Cambridge Point ' C Cheyne Islands Cape Vera l u r e Skruis Point Eastern Devon Island S Washington Point t Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i t Lancaster Sound Polynya Resolute Bay ! Sea Cape Liddon un d Hobhouse Inlet So L a n ca st e r Prince Leopold Island Cape Hay

70°0'0"N Baillarge Bay Cape Graham Moore Northwestern Brodeur Peninsula ! ! Arctic Bay

South Bylot Island Pond Inlet M Buchan Gulf

C Scott Inlet D Creswell Bay

i ! n Clyde River a 1:11,000,000 t o Berlinguet Inlet c Qikiqtani v k 10050 0 100 200 300 400

C i h a Kilometres n s n Gulf e Cape Searle l ! Prepared By: of Qikiqtarjuaq Reid Bay Igloolik Nunami-Stantec ! Tal oyo ak Boothia S ! Hall Beach Foxe Basin Islands !Cambridge Bay !

References: ! !Pangnirtung t Kugluktuk Gjoa Haven! ! 1 Jenny Lind Island Rasmussen Lowlands BirdLife International. 2008. Important Bird Area. Accessed: November Kugaaruk r 2008. Available at: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/spmaps.jsp ! Umingmaktok a Foxe Great Plain of the Koukdjuak Bathurst Inlet ! Queen Maud Lowlands i Repulse Bay Basin ! Turton Island t Iqaluit

! 60°0'0"N

KitikmeotMiddle Back River Cape Dorset ! Markham Bay Islands Kimmirut ! Hantzsch Island Coral Harbour ! Fraser Island H u d Thelon River s o Baker Lake n ! East Bay - Native Bay S t Boas River and associated wetlands r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest Coats Island - Cape Pembroke ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! McConnell River Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Quebec Date: January 27 2012 Filename: 123110328_NPC_Fig06_1_1_Birds_IBA.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 04

GREENLAND Alert ! Hudson Bay U.S.A. Sleeper Islands Qikiqtani ARCTIC Sleeper Islands

Sanikiluaq Salikuit Islands Area 1 OCEAN ! Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Figure 6.1-2 Key Migratory Bird Habitat Sites CANADA Area 2

70°0'0"N in Nunavut

1,3 Key Migratory Bird Marine Habitat Sites U.S.A. 1,2 Area of Detail Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat Sites Base Features James Road Bay Ontario Conservation Area Lakes / River Nunavut Regional Boundary North Water Polynya Inglefield Mountains Area 2 National Park Migratory Bird Sanctuary Hell Gate and Cardigan Strait Seymour Island !Grise Fiord National Wildlife Area North Kent Island Sydkap Ice Field M ' C Cheyne Islands Cape Vera l u Queens Channel r e Polar Bear Pass Eastern Jones Sound Skruis Point Nirjutiqavvik S Baillie-Hamilton t (Coburg Island) Baffin r Island GREENLAND BeaufortAmundsen Gulf a i t Resolute Bay Browne Island Hobhouse Inlet ! Cape Liddon Sea Eastern Lancasterun d Sound So L a n ca st e r Prince Leopold Island Cape Hay Baillarge Bay

70°0'0"N Cape Graham Moore

ArcticSouth Bay Bylot Island ! Batty Bay Northwestern ! Pond Inlet

M Brodeur 1:11,000,000 Peninsula Buchan Gulf

' C Creswell Bay D

l Scott Inlet 10050 0 100 200 300 400 i ! n Clyde River a

t o Kilometres c Qikiqtani v k Berlinguet Inlet C Abbajalik and Ijutuk Islands i Prepared By: h a Nunami-Stantec n s n Gulf e ! Cape Searle and Reid Bay l of Qikiqtarjuaq Igloolik ! Foxe Basin References: Tal oyo ak Boothia Foxe Basin S Southwestern Victoria Island ! HallNorth Beach Foxe Basin Islands 1 !Cambridge Bay ! CWS. 2010. CWS key migratory bird habitat sites in Nunavut Lambert Channel Spicer (amended shape files provided to Nunami Jacques Whitford). Island Western Cumberland March 22, 2010. ! !Pangnirtung t Gjoa Haven Sound Archipela Kugluktuk Jenny Lind Island ! ! Foxe Basin 2 Rasmussen Lowlands Kugaaruk r Latour, P.B., J. Leger, J.E. Hines, M.L. Mallory, D.L. Mulders, H.G. ! Foxe Basin Gilchrist, P.A. Smith and D.L. Dickson. 2006. Key migratory bird Umingmaktok terrestrial habitat sites in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 3rd Cumberland Sound a Foxe Great Plain of the Koukdjuak ed. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper No. 114. 3 Bathurst Inlet ! Kitikmeot i Mallory, M.L. and A.J. Fontaine. 2004. Key marine habitat sites for Queen Maud Gulf Repulse Bay Basin migratory birds in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Canadian Lower Back River ! Turton Island Foxe Basin t Wildlife Service Occasional Papers 109. *digital data provided by CWS, reproduced with the permission of Iqaluit Environment Canada ! 60°0'0"N

Middle Back River Cape Dorset Frobisher Bay ! Markham Bay Kimmirut Hantzsch Island Middle Quoich River ! Coral Harbour East Bay ! Fraser Island H u Thelon River Foxe Basin d s o Baker Lake East Bay n ! S t Boas River r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! McConnell River Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Quebec Date: January 27 2012 Filename: 1036626_NPC_Fig06_1_2_Birds.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 05

Hudson GREENLAND Alert ! Bay

U.S.A. Qikiqtani ARCTIC

Area 1 OCEAN ! Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Sanikiluaq Figure 6.1-3 WASI and IBP Site CANADA Area 2

70°0'0"N Boundaries in Nunavut

2 U.S.A. IBP Site Boundaries 1 Area of Detail WASI Site Boundaries Base Features James ! Bay Community Ontario Road Conservation Area Area 2 Lake / River Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park !Grise Fiord Migratory Bird Sanctuary M ' C National Wildlife Area l u r e S t Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i t Resolute Bay ! Sea un d So L a n ca st e r

70°0'0"N Baillarge Bay

Arctic Bay !

! Pond Inlet M

C D

i ! n Clyde River a 1:11,000,000 t o c Qikiqtani v k 10050 0 100 200 300 400

C i h a Kilometres n s n Gulf e ! Prepared By: l of Qikiqtarjuaq Igloolik Nunami-Stantec ! Tal oyo ak Boothia S ! Hall Beach !Cambridge Bay !

References: ! !Pangnirtung t Gjoa Haven 1 Kugluktuk ! ! Ferguson, S.H. 1995. Wildlife Areas of Special Interest to the Kugaaruk r Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management Division, ! Umingmaktok Department of Renewable Resources, Government of the Northwest a Territories. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board version adapted from Foxe original 1987 publications. 80 pp. *digitized by Government of Nunavut 2005 Bathurst Inlet ! i Repulse Bay Basin 2 ! Nettleship, D.N. and P.A. Smith. 1975. Ecological sites in northern t Canada. Canadian Committee for the International Biological Iqaluit Programme. 330 pp. Kitikmeot ! 60°0'0"N *digitized by Government of Nunavut 2005 Cape Dorset ! Kimmirut ! Coral Harbour ! H u d Baker Lake s o n ! S t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Quebec Date: January 27 2012 Filename:123110328_NPC_Fig06_1_3_WASI.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Area 1 Revision: 04

GREENLAND Alert !

U.S.A. Quttinirpaaq ARCTIC

Area 1 OCEAN Nunavut, Canada NUNAVUT Figure 6.1-4 CANADA Nunavut National Parks 70°0'0"N

2,3 U.S.A. Proposed National Park 4 Area of Detail National Parks Proposed Lancaster Sound 1 National Marine Conservation Area Base Features Road Conservation Area Lake / River Nunavut Regional Boundary Grise Fiord ! National Wildlife Area M ' C Migratory Bird Sanctuary l u Bathurst Island r e S t Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i t Resolute Bay ! Sea un d So L a n ca st e r

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! !Pangnirtung t Kugluktuk Gjoa Haven! ! References: Kugaaruk r ! 1Shape provided by Parks Canada to Nunami Stantec. December 2010. Umingmaktok a 2Bathurst Island Land Withdrawl. Map Depiction of Northern Bathurst Foxe Island National Park of Canada. Shape provided by Parks Canada to Bathurst Inlet ! i Nunami Stantec. July 2009. Repulse Bay Basin ! t 3 Kitikmeot Tuktut Nogait shape provided by Parks Canada to Nunami Stantec. Iqaluit 4 ! 60°0'0"N National Parks. Shapes extracted by Nunavut Planning Commission Ukkusiksalik from data provided by Parks Canada. 2010. Cape Dorset ! Kimmirut ! Coral Harbour ! H u d Baker Lake s o n ! S t r a Yellowknife i t ! Chesterfield Inlet ! Northwest ! Terr it ories Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Date: January 27 2012 Quebec Filename:123110328_NPC_Parks_6_1_4.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Revision: 07

GREENLAND Alert !

U.S.A. ARCTIC OCEAN Nunavut, Canada Area 1 Figure 6.2-1 NUNAVUT Potentially Important Ecologically CANADA or Biologically Sensitive 70°0'0"N Areas in Nunavut

1 U.S.A. Areas of Special Interest 1 Biological Hot Spots Base Features ! Community Road Conservation Area Lake / River Queen's Channel/Penny Strait Nunavut Regional Boundary National Park !Grise Fiord Migratory Bird Sanctuary M ' C Jones Sound National Wildlife Area l u r e North Water S t Polynya Baffin r GREENLAND Beaufort a i t Resolute Bay ! Sea un d Transition Area So Lancaster L a n ca st e r Sound 70°0'0"N

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Lambert Channel ! Gjoa Haven !Pangnirtung t Kugluktuk ! ! References: Umingmaktok Kugaaruk Cumberland Sound r 1 ! Mercier, F., F. Rennie, D. Harvey and C.A Lewis (Eds.). 1994. Arctic a Marine Workshop Proceedings. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Park Bathurst Inlet Establishment Branch, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada Foxe Department of Canadian Heritage. Bathurst Inlet ! i Repulse Bay Basin ! t Kitikmeot Iqaluit

! 60°0'0"N

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! Rankin Inlet 60°0'0"N Kivalliq ! Whale Cove

Arviat! Data Sources: Geogratis Atlas, GNDoE, Parks Canada Hudson Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD83 Date: January 27 2012 Quebec Filename: 123110328_NPC_Important_Biological_6_2_1.mxd Bay Produced By: R Stohmann Verified By: MM Revision: 02

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APPENDIX C References for Wildlife Habitat Figures

Nunavut Wildlife Resource and Habitat Values Amendment

Bathurst Island Land Withdrawl. Map depiction of Northern Bathurst Island National Park of Canada. Shape provided by Parks Canada to Nunami Stantec. July 2009. BirdLife International. 2008. Important Bird Area. Accessed: November 2008. Available at: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/spmaps.jsp. Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist. 2004. Annotated List of the Arctic Marine Fishes of Canada. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2674: iv + 112 pp. Canadian Circumpolar Institute. 1992. Nunavut Atlas. In R. Riewe (ed.), Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. Edmonton, AB. COSEWIC. 2003. Assessment and update status report on the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa, ON. xi + 76 pp. COSEWIC. 2006. Assessment and update status report on the Atlantic walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa, ON. ix + 65 pp. COSEWIC. 2009. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus, Bering-Chukchi- Beaufort population and Eastern Canada-West Greenland population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 49 pp. CWS. 2010. Canadian Wildlife Service key migratory bird habitat sites in Nunavut. (Amended shape files provided to Nunami Jacques Whitford). March 22, 2010. DFO. 2002. Atlantic walrus. Science Stock Status Report E5-21 Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Dueck, L., S. Ferguson, B. Wheeler, S.P. Luque and M. Gilbert. (in press). Habitat use by bowhead whales of the eastern arctic Canada. *digitized by Nunami Stantec 2010. Ferguson, S.H. 1995. Wildlife areas of special interest to the Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management Division, Department of Renewable Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board version adapted from original 1987 publications. 80 pp. *digitized by Government of Nunavut 2005. Government of Nunavut. 2003. In reference to the Consolidation of Wildlife Management Muskox Areas Regulations R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. W-11, as duplicated for Nunavut by s. 29 of the Nunavut Act. Department of Environment. Government of Nunavut. 2004a. Adapted from Uqrquhart, D.R. 1982. Muskox life history and current status of muskoxen in the NWT. Northwest Territories Renewable Resources Wildlife Service. Department of Environment. 39 pp. Government of Nunavut. 2004b. Adapted from Fournier, B. and A. Gunn, 1998. Muskox numbers and distribution in the Northwest Territories, 1997. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development File Report, No. 121. Department of Environment. Nunavut Wildlife Resource and Habitat Values Amendment

Government of Nunavut. 2005a. Adapted from Case, 1992. Distribution and abundance of Muskoxen on Devon Island, NWT August 1990. Manuscript Report, No. 58. Department of Environment, Government of NWT. Yellowknife, NWT. Government of Nunavut. 2005b. Adapted from Case, R. and T. Ellesworth. Government of NWT, Yellowknife, 1991. Distribution and abundance of muskoxen and Peary caribou on Southern Ellesmere Island, NWT, July 1989: Manuscript Report, No. 41. Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment 2006. Adapted from the Government of Northwest Territories Wildlife Act. Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment. ‘Caribou cow-calf locations and known calving areas in Nunavut.’ Data from Government of Northwest Territories. Lancaster Sound Proposed National Marine Conservation Area. Shape provided by Parks Canada to Nunami Stantec. December 2010. Latour, P.B., J. Leger, J.E. Hines, M.L. Mallory, D.L. Mulders, H.G. Gilchrist, P.A. Smith and D.L. Dickson. 2006. Key migratory bird terrestrial habitat sites in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 3rd Edition. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper No. 114. Mallory, M.L. and A.J. Fontaine. 2004. Key marine habitat sites for migratory birds in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper No. 109. *digital data provided by CWS, reproduced with permission of Environment Canada. Mercier, F., F. Rennie, D. Harvey and C.A. Lewis (Eds.). 1994. Arctic Marine Workshop Proceedings. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Park Establishment Branch, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada Department of Canadian Heritage. National Historic Sites. Shapes provided by Parks Canada to Nunavut Planning Commission. National Parks. Shapes extracted by Nunavut Planning Commission from data provided by Parks Canada. 2010. Nettleship, D.N. and P.A. Smith. 1975. Ecological sites in northern Canada. Canadian Committee for the International Biological Programme. 330 pp. *digitized by Government of Nunavut 2005. Priest, H. and P.J. Usher. 2004. The Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study. Final Report. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 822 pp. Richard, P.R., J.R. Orr, R. Dietz, and L. Dueck. 1998. Sightings of belugas and other marine mammals in the North Water, late March 1993. Arctic 51:1-4. *digitized by Nunami Stantec 2010. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 184. xi + 966 pp. Stephenson, S.A. and Hartwig, L (Eds.). 2010. The Arctic Marine Workshop. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2934. 67 pp. Shape files provided by DFO to Nunami Stantec. January 20, 2012. Nunavut Wildlife Resource and Habitat Values Amendment

Territorial Parks. Shapes provided by Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment to Nunavut Planning Commission. Tuktut Nogait Proposed National Park. Shape provided by Parks Canada to Nunami Stantec. Urquhart, D.R. and R.E. Schweinsburg. 1984. Polar bear life history and known distribution of polar bear in the Northwest Territories up to 1981. Northwest Territories Renewable Resources. Yellowknife NWT. 70 pp. *digitized by Government of Nunavut 2005.

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APPENDIX D Additional Information on Important Bird Habitat Areas from CWS

Final Nunavut Wildlife Resource and Habitat Values Appendix D: Additional Information on Important Bird Habitat Areas from CWS

Appendix D Additional Information on Important Bird Habitat Areas from CWS

Page D-1 October 2008 Coats Island Lowlands

62º46’N, 82º56’W

Size: 2669 km²

Description: Coats Island is located in northern Hudson Bay, approximately 100 km south of Coral Harbour on Southampton Island and 110 km west of Mansel Island. Coats Island lies at the north end of Hudson Bay, with an area of approximately 5500 km2. Exposed outcroppings of Precambrian metamorphic rock dominate the northeast corner, while the remainder of the island is composed primarily of lowland tundra and exposed Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks (Heywood and Sanford 1976). Smaller areas of upland heath tundra, and raised beach deposits are also common across the island.

The key terrestrial habitat site comprises large tracts of wetlands on the western and northern parts of the island.

Biological value: A river drainage basin in the northeast, and an extensive area of productive wetlands on the west of the island contain high densities of shorebirds. Nine species of shorebirds and 12 other bird species were recorded during surveys in 2006. Survey results suggest that densities of shorebirds on Coats Island are significantly higher than on nearby Southampton Island. Semipalmated Sandpipers comprised over 50% of the shorebirds recorded; Red Phalaropes and Dunlin were also abundant. Habitat-specific densities show a strong association with wetlands for all species except the White-rumped Sandpiper.

Sensitivities: the well-vegetated wetlands that support the highest bird densities in the area are sensitive to physical disturbance, and recovery would be slow. Most bird species are sensitive to disturbance during nesting season, when human activity could seriously jeopardize their breeding success. Habitat changes due to climate warming in the arctic poses a potential risk to shorebird species that rely on wetlands for both food and nesting habitat.

Potential conflicts: None at the present time. However, moderate to high hydrocarbon potential has been identified in Fisher and Evans Strait, between Coats Island and Southampton Island. The community of Coral Harbour has requested that the current moratorium on oil and gas exploration in that area be lifted. The matter will be discussed in fall 2009 as part of the Nunavut General Land Use Plan planning process.

Status: A proposal to designate all or parts of Coats Island as a National Wildlife Area was turned down by the community of Coral Harbour. There are two bird research stations on the Island, one of which is within CWS’ area of interest.

Eastern Axel Heiberg Island

79º52’N, 87º46’W

Size: 2222 km²

Description: The area of interest lies between Skraeling Point and Buchanan Lake, and extends inland from the coast approximately 30 km at its widest point. The area is centred on the Chain of Three Lakes, a lowland valley that lies between two gypsum domes north of Mokka Fiord. To the west is a broad wet north-south valley stretching between Gibs and Mokka fiords. At the watershed in this valley is an extensive area of patterned ground. The area north to the southern tip of the Schei Peninsula is also included.

Biological Value: The valleys support rich sedge meadow vegetation. Slope are covedred with a Dryas-Salix community and the upper slopes are barrens. Valleys support a high density of shorebirds, particularly the Red Knot ssp. islandica (classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) and the Ruddy Turnstone. Other nesting shorebird species include Sanderling, Purple Sandpiper, and Red Phalarope. Other birds such as Greater Snow Goose, Red-throated Loon, and two species of Jaeger use the area.

The valleys are also extensively used by muskox and Peary caribou.

Sensitivities: Arctic-breeding shorebirds are dependent on wetlands for food and/or breeding habitat. Recent studies have documented drying of ponds on Ellesmere Island that is correlated to local climate warming.

Potential conflicts: none at present.

Status: The core of this area is recognized as the Chain of Three Lakes International Biological Program site.

Melbourne Island

68º29’N, 104º42’W

Size: 447 km ²

Description: Melbourne Island is located in the Queen Maud Gulf, approximately 15 km west of the Kent Peninsula. Over 20% of Melbourne Island is covered in flat graminoid (mostly sedge) wetlands that frequently contain ponds and standing water. The rest of the island is dry graminoid or heath tundra and barren tundra.

Biological value: The wetlands of Melbourne Island contain large numbers of White-fronted Geese and shorebirds. Twenty species of birds were observed there during surveys in 2001 and 2002, including significant densities of Dunlin, Stilt Sandpipers, and Red Phalaropes. The island’s shorebird community is of particular significance because it contains both high- and low-arctic species while the adjacent Kent Peninsula and the Queen Maud Gulf mainland host primarily low arctic species.

Melbourne Island had roughly three times higher density of birds than does the Kent Peninsula or adjacent mainland.

Sensitivities: Melbourne Island is located northeast of an area of intensive mineral exploration and development activity. There is potential for greatly increased ship traffic from the proposed Baffin Inlet Port and Road Project, and from an increasingly lengthy ice-free season in Coronation Gulf and Queen Maud Gulf. This increases the potential for human-induced disturbance to nesting birds, and the potential for marine based pollution (e.g. plastics and petroleum products).

Potential conflicts: An increase in marine ship traffic could impact negatively on the nesting bird population on Melbourne Island.

Status: none

SABINE PENINSULA, Melville Island

What is important here?

Rich wetland that spans the

Peninsula, Sherard Bay to

Eldridge Bay

High numbers and diversity of

birds this far north

Why is it important?

One of a limited number of wetland ‘oases’ in the High Arctic

Of special consideration

Intense oil and gas activity on Sabine Peninsula in the past: could it happen again?