McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary

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| designation1 = Ramsar

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| designation1_date = 24 May 1982

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.wetlands.org/reports/infosheet.cfm?siteref=4CA014 |title=Canada 14: McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut Territory |publisher=wetlands.org |access-date=2008-01-16}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/ramsar/df02s01.en.html |title=McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut |publisher=mb.ec.gc.ca |accessdate=2008-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045338/http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/ramsar/df02s01.en.html |archivedate=2008-05-04 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.canlii.org/ca/regu/crc1036/part144401.html |title=Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations |publisher=canlii.org |accessdate=2008-01-16}}

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.