| McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary | |
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| Nearest city | Arviat |
| Coordinates | 60°49′59″N 94°19′59″W / 60.83306°N 94.33306°W |
| Area | 328 square kilometres (127 sq mi) |
| Established | 1960 |
| Official name | McConnell River |
| Designated | 24 May 1982 |
| Reference no. | 248[1] |
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.[2][3][4]
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.
- ^ "McConnell River". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Canada 14: McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut Territory". wetlands.org. Retrieved 2008-01-16.[dead link]
- ^ "McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut". mb.ec.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ^ "Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations". canlii.org. Retrieved 2008-01-16.