Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Torngat Mountains National Park

If you enjoy visiting National Parks which are remote and only accessible by plane or boat, then Torngat Mountains National Park is the place for you as there are no roads into this National Park! But, do not fear, once you arrive there you will find there are so many amazing things for you to do and see making it absolutely worth the effort to visit this National Park!

• Torngat Mountains National Park gets its name from Tongait—an Inuktitut word meaning "place of spirits".
• This National Park is renowned for its glacier-carved peaks, deep fjords, and rich Inuit history.
• The park features the highest mountains in mainland Canada east of the Rockies, including Mount Caubvick, which stands at 1,652 meters.
• Torngat Mountains National Park has over 40 active glaciers, turquoise lakes, and fjords which are often compared to those in Norway.
• Visitors can explore ancient sites, such as the Ramah Chert Quarries, where a translucent, ice-like stone was mined for over 5,000 years.
• Icebergs drifting from Greenland can frequently be spotted off the coast.
• The subarctic Torngat Mountains are an Inuit homeland - it is the traditional homeland of the Inuit of Labrador and Nunavik who have traveled and lived among the deep fjords, towering mountains, and wide valleys of this land for centuries.
• The chance of encountering a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) or a Black Bear (Ursus americanus) is extremely high in the Torngat Mountains. It is safest to travel with an experienced Inuit polar bear guard who is permitted to carry a firearm in the park.
• This region contains two distinct, contrasting landscapes: the George Plateau, which is a level bedrock plain cut by deep river valleys sloping gently to Ungava Bay, and the spectacular Torngat Mountains which are among the highest, most rugged mountains in eastern North America and one of the world's most beautiful wild coastlines.
• Torngat Mountains National Park has the only glaciers left in eastern continental North America. 
• About 330 species of vascular plants (including ferns and flowering plants) and 220 species of mosses and liverworts are known to grow in the park area. There is no real forest in the park, except for dwarf spruce close to the Quebec border, but wildflowers are one of the spectacular attractions of the Torngats.
• Wildlife in this park include black bears, caribou, wolves,  voles, lemmings, red foxes and arctic foxes, polar bears, arctic hares, dozens of bird species, seals and whales - including Minke whales, fin and humpback whales make Torngat Mountains National Park their home.

So, if you want to visit a National Park where you will see incredible things, then Torngat Mountains National Park is the place for you! You will find more information about it at this link.