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March 2005
Government of Canada
Parks Canada Agency
National Parks Torngat Mountains
On January 22, 2005, the federal Minister of the Environment signed two agreements in Nain, Labrador that set the stage for the establishment of Canada's newest national park; the first ever in Labrador.
Along with the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (LILCA) , which was also signed in Nain, the two agreements will ensure long-term protection and conservation of a spectacular 9,700 km 2 area of northern Labrador's arctic wilderness in the Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve.
The Memorandum of Agreement for a National Park Reserve in the Torngat Mountains , between Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador, sets out the terms and conditions by which the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to transfer the administration and control of the lands to establish the national park reserve to Canada.
The Labrador Inuit Park Impacts and Benefits Agreement , between Canada and the Labrador Inuit Association, formalizes the ongoing relationship between Labrador Inuit and Parks Canada. It ensures that the national park reserve will highlight the unique relationship of Inuit with the land and its natural ecosystems, and includes provisions that allows for the continued traditional land and resource uses within the park reserve. This Agreement , which is required as part of the LILCA , also establishes a framework for the co-operative management of the park reserve by Parks Canada and Inuit.
It is expected that the Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve will be formally established when the federal legislation that gives effect to the LILCA is enacted.
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