Located on Bylot Island, it was federally designated in 1965, and is classified as Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

It was created to protect the nesting grounds of thick-billed murre, black-legged kittiwake and greater snow goose.

[1] At 1,282,731 hectares, it is Nunavut's second largest MBS after the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

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