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UNIQUE CANADIAN EXPERIENCES NUNAVUT / Canada
Nunavut
Nunavut is the youngest territory of Canada, settled over four thousand years ago,
recognized as distinctly Canadian in 1999. It is one of the largest unspoiled natural
paradises on the planet. People from everywhere visit Nunavut to enjoy the arctic
wildlife and the Inuit way of life, to explore the top of the world and be dazzled by
the vivid dancing hues of the Aurora Borealis.
Arctic Bay – a vibrant, traditional community located in the northwest corner of
Baffin Island. This safe harbour hamlet is situated upon a south-facing gravel beach
on Adams Sound, which feeds into Admiralty Inlet, draining northwards to Lancaster
Sound and the Northwest Passage.
Iqaluit – located on Baffin Island at the northern end of Frobisher Bay near the
mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, the modern
city of Iqaluit is rich with traditional Inuit culture. It is the home of many Inuit artists,
filmmakers and musicians, plus there are arts and culture festivals staged in the
spring and summer that bring artists here from across the territory.
Pond Inlet – also called ‘Mittimatalik’ in Inuktitut after an unknown ancient person
presumed to be buried here, Pond Inlet is a traditional Inuit community located on
the northern tip of Baffin Island near the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage.
It overlooks Eclipse Sound and the mountains of Bylot Island, which is a migratory
bird sanctuary. Situated near scenic fiords, glaciers and icebergs, Pond Inlet is
famous as a great place to see large pods of narwhal.
Resolute – known as ‘Qausuittuq’ in Inuktitut, which means the ‘place with no dawn’
because of the long winter night this far north. It is also the ‘place with no sunset’
in the summertime! Resolute is the second most northerly community in Nunavut
and Canada. The many little islands and big arctic waters nearby are special habitats
for numerous nesting birds and large migrating pods of beluga whales. Resolute is
home to some of the greatest Inuit hunters in the world.
Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Hudson Bay, Nunavut
Inukpak Outfitting
A territory larger than life, Nunavut’s horizon stretches out to in