Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada |
Coordinates | 65°42′09″N 73°29′30″W / 65.70250°N 73.49167°W |
Area | 107,900 hectares |
Established | 1957-01-01 |
Governing body | Nunavut |
Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary on western Baffin Island within part of the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak in Northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. [1] It is classified as Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) under the International Union for Conservation of Nature. [2]
The sanctuary is located on the eastern shore of Foxe Basin, north of the Foxe Peninsula. Its size is 1,079 square kilometres (417 sq mi). [2] [3]
During J. Dewey Soper's 1928–31 Arctic expedition in this area, he located the blue goose (C. c. caerulescens) nesting grounds on Bluegoose Plain by Bowman Bay. [4] The wildlife sanctuary was established in 1957. It received national legal protection under the Wildlife Act of 2003.
The sanctuary protects marine and intertidal wildlife. [2] Industrial activities and hunting are prohibited. [5]