A map shows the new expanded boundaries for the Tallurutiup Imanga marine protected area that the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and Parks Canada unveiled last summer. (FILE PHOTO)

(Updated at 3:45 p.m. with revised tour dates)

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association will visit the North Baffin region over the next two weeks to hear what Inuit have to say about the creation of a new protected area in Lancaster Sound, or Tallurutiup Imanga.

After years of discussion, the QIA and federal government reached a deal in 2017 for the creation of the Tallurutiup Imanga marine protected area, which will cover 131,000 square kilometers that are home to one of Canada’s richest Arctic ecosystems.

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