What is the provincial flower of Nunavut– the new Canadian Province?
The arctic poppy (Papaver nudicaule) was proposed as the official flower at the 1998 Ottawa Tulip Festival. Nunavut is basically the eastern half of the former Northwest Territories, with mainly an Inuit population, and came into existence April 1, 1999. Actually Nunavut is not officially a province, rather a territory, as are Yukon and Northwest Territories. There are still 10 Canadian provinces.