Akami-Uapishku-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains

Akami-Uapishku-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve is a vast wilderness area in Labrador, protecting approximately 10,700 square kilometers of pristine boreal forest, tundra, mountains, and Arctic char-bearing rivers. The park's name combines Innu and Inuit language names reflecting the shared heritage and deep cultural connections of Indigenous peoples to this landscape. Established in 2015 through an unprecedented collaboration between the governments of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Innu Nation and NunatuKavut Community Council, the park represents a landmark achievement in cooperative conservation. The remote Mealy Mountains rise dramatically from the Atlantic coast and Labrador interior, featuring some of the most southerly Arctic-alpine tundra in North America and providing critical habitat for the threatened Mealy Mountains caribou herd.