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{{Short description|National park in Northwest Territories, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Aulavik National Park
| alt_name = Parc national Aulavik
| photo = Aulavik muskox.jpg
| photo_caption = Herd of muskox beside the Thomsen River
| iucn_category = II
| iucn_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Protected Planet {{!}} Aulavik National Park Of Canada|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/100676|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Protected Planet}}</ref>
| map = Canada#Canada Northwest Territories
| map_caption = Location of ''Aulavik National Park''
| relief = yes
| location = [[Banks Island]], [[Northwest Territories]], [[Canada]]
| nearest_city = [[Sachs Harbour]], [[Yellowknife]]
| coords = {{coord|73|
| area_km2 = 12,200
| established = 1992
| visitation_num = 34
| visitation_year = 2022–23<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Parks |title=Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Parks Canada attendance 2022_23 - Open Government Portal |url=https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/57c69cfc-fc85-495b-9eef-555a08404034/resource/020bfd16-2079-4fa7-839f-f4cc8c19851c |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=open.canada.ca}}</ref>
| governing_body = [[Parks Canada]]
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| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom =5 |coord={{coord|73|45|N|119|37|W}}}}
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'''Aulavik National Park''' ({{IPAc-en|'|aʊ|l|ə|v|ɪ|k}} {{respell|OW|lə|vik}});<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Parks Canada |author-link=Parks Canada |date=2017-07-26 |title=Parks Can Can Canada 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkPzJaDTXL0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/gkPzJaDTXL0 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-05-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from the [[Inuvialuktun]]
The park has the highest concentration of [[muskox]]en on earth, with estimates of 68,000 to 80,000 animals on the island, approximately 20% of which are thought to reside in the park.<ref name="parkcan"/><ref name="parkwild">{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nt/aulavik/natcul/natcul1.aspx#wildlife |title=Natural Wonders & Cultural Treasures - Wildlife |website=Parks Canada |date=2015-05-07 |access-date=2015-05-22 |
Prior to the arrival of the [[Thule people|Thule culture]] in southern Banks Island there were some [[Dorset culture|Pre-Dorset culture]] people living in what is now the Aulavik National Park.<ref name="parkhist">{{cite web|title=History and culture |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nt/aulavik/natcul/natcul2.aspx |website=Parks Canada |date=2015-05-07 |access-date=2015-05-22 |
Aulavik National Park has two major bays, [[Castel Bay]] and [[Mercy Bay]], and lies south of the [[McClure Strait]]. Captain [[Robert McClure]], spent two winters in Mercy Bay on [[HMS Investigator (1848)|HMS ''Investigator'']], while searching for the missing [[John Franklin]]'s [[Franklin's lost expedition|lost expedition]] between 1850 and 1853. McClure's team abandoned their ship in Mercy Bay and hiked across the sea-ice of the strait to board another ship, HMS ''Resolute''.<ref name="parkhist"/> [[Nangmagvik Lake]] is located within this national park.
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==References==
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{{National parks of Canada}}
{{Northwest Territories parks}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:National parks in the Northwest Territories|Northwest]]
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