Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve
Posted 11 September 2015, 4:45 pm NDT
The Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve, a 10,700 square kilometer wilderness area on in southeastern Labrador, was announced on July 31st, 2015. The Reserve protects pristine Canadian Shield landscapes, rivers, tundra and boreal forest habitats of caribou, wolves, foxes, black bear, marten, osprey, bald eagles, an endangered eastern population of harlequin duck and a 50-kilometre stretch of sandy beaches near Cartwright, described in Viking sagas as the Wunderstrand.
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/env/0731n08.aspx
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/env/0731n08.aspx