- Source: McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary
The McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The 32,800 hectare sanctuary is on Hudson Bay's west coast, 27 km south of Arviat, and 50 km north of the Manitoba border. Its namesake is the McConnell River which flows to the Hudson Bay. The Bird Sanctuary is home to and an important breeding ground for cackling goose, lesser snow goose, Ross's goose, and Canada goose.
Established in 1960 under the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations of the Migratory Birds Convention Act of 1917, the sanctuary is privately owned by the Inuit of Nunavut. It received Ramsar Convention designation May 24, 1982, making it Canada's 14th Ramsar site.
See also
List of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
References
Further reading
Snow geese and blue geese at McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 1977. [S.l.]: G. Swinton, 1977.
External links
Environment Canada website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Christie Islet Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- List of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada
- Akimiski Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary
