Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" about Akami−Uapishkᵘ−KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

I am very happy today to let you know about a truly beautiful place in the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador. This National Park has been a park for eleven years and is in the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador. I absolutely LOVE how Canada is still protecting their land by making National Parks - this says so much about Canada as a country! So, lets take a look at  Akami−Uapishkᵘ −KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve . . .

• The Akami−Uapishkᵘ−KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve is the largest national park in eastern Canada, and the largest protected area in all of eastern North America.
• It is inhabited by a variety of wildlife, fish and migratory birds, including the threatened Mealy Mountains woodland caribou herd, and wild Atlantic salmon, wolf packs, black bear, marten and two species of fox.
• This park is unique because it will allow for traditional Aboriginal activities not permitted in most other parks, such as hunting, trapping, fishing, and cutting wood for personal use.
• Larry Innes of The Canadian Boreal Initiative, who was part of the steering committee, said, "It's a change in policy which really fits the context here. The big breakthrough here is not only are they creating the largest protected area in Eastern North America. They're doing so in a way which fits the uses local people have put to the place".
• "Akami−Uapishkᵘ" is the Innu name for the area, meaning, White Mountain, while "KakKasuak" is the Labrador Inuit word for mountain.
• Pronounce this remote Labrador national park by breaking it down into its Indigenous (Innu) and English components: Uh-KAHM-ee Wah-PEESH-koo Gah-KAH-soo-ak MEEL-ee.
• A simpler and widely accepted option is to simply call it "Mealy Mountains", which avoids the complex traditional names, but I do think learning to pronounce it correctly does honor the First Nations and this is important. 

I love not only how Canada is protecting their land, but how they worked with the First Nations Peoples to make the Akami−Uapishkᵘ −KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve an even more amazing place which is being protected. You will learn more about the Akami−Uapishkᵘ−KakKasuak−Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve at this link.