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There are no roads to . Most visitors Please see the Transportation listings in this travel planner for further Table of Contents arrive by scheduled air services from: details about aviation companies serving Nunavut. Welcome to Nunavut ...... 4 The information and services described in this book Funding assistance provided by the Department of • Ottawa, Ontario are believed to be correct and accurate at the time of Indian and Northern Affairs. Printed in for free Wildlife ...... 8 printing. However, services and prices are subject to distribution. change without notice. • Montréal, Québec Photos are from Nunavut Tourism unless otherwise • Winnipeg, Manitoba Birdwatching ...... 12 Nunavut Tourism, the Government of Nunavut, and credited. Ayaya Marketing & Communications accept no liability • Churchill, Manitoba Main cover photo by Lee Narraway. Parks ...... 14 for errors or omissions. • , The Nunavut Travel Planner is published by Nunavut • Yellowknife, Regional Airlines & Charter Services Camping & Hiking ...... 18 Tourism in partnership with the Government of Nunavut. Kayaking, Canoeing & Rafting ...... 20 The following airlines fly to Nunavut Region: Contact Nunavut Tourism at: Floe Edge ...... 22 from southern Canada: • Air Inuit, Montréal, QC P.O. Box 1450, , NU X0A 0H0 • Air Nunavut, Iqaluit, NU Cruises ...... 24 Toll-free information line, • First Air • Kenn Borek Air, Iqaluit, NU Map of Nunavut ...... 26 North America: • Canadian North 1-866-686-2888 • Air Canada Jazz : Fishing ...... 28 International: 1-800-491-7910 • Air Inuit • Air Tindi, Yellowknife, NWT Wilderness Lodges ...... 30 Telephone: • Calm Air • Calm Air, Thompson, MB (867) 979-6551 Photo by Holly Varey Photo by Pierre Dunnigan • Kivalliq Air • Kivalliq Air, Rankin Inlet, NU Arts & Culture ...... 32 (Administration) • Skyward Aviation, Rankin Inlet, NU Facsimile: Business Travel ...... 36 (867) 979-1261 Once here, you will find highly qualified Communities ...... 38 Email: regional and charter airlines serving : [email protected] Nunavut communities. • Adlair Aviation, , NU Planning Your Trip ...... 44 www.nunavuttourism.com 02 03

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Photographers and hikers explore the rocky hills and shorelines of Nunavut. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge

Photo by Robert R. Taylor

Hikers wander through the cottongrass on their way to the ice floe. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge

‘Nunavut’ means ‘our land’ in Inuktitut. Canadian , about 14 True North Welcome to our land! It is big, ancient, percent of the total landmass of the nation, One of the most memorable impressions of beautiful and new. Nunavut is the size of Western Europe. It is Nunavut comes directly from the gracious Welcome to the youngest territory of the largest, yet least populated, of all the warmth and hospitality of the remarkable Explore the Canada, settled over a thousand years ago, provinces and territories of Canada, with a people who live here. In traditional Inuit recognized as distinctly Canadian in 1999. We total area of 2,093,190 square kilometres culture, the ethic of sharing is of foremost are deeply pleased to welcome you into our (808,190 square miles) and a population of importance. This deep-rooted social value is top of the world lovely home, into one of the largest unspoiled approximately 32,000 people – 84 percent eternal. Even today, this sense of collectivity, natural paradises of the world. Come, enjoy Inuit. With one person for every 65 square respect and mutual reliance is what often and be dazzled both our wildlife and our way of life. Explore kilometres (25 square miles) of arctic distinguishes the friendly residents of the top of the world and be dazzled by the wonderland, the feeling of wide open natural Nunavut communities from people in many by the vivid vivid dancing hues of the Aurora Borealis. space is absolutely true! other corners of the world. Welcome to the Welcome to the arctic adventure of a lifetime. Nunavut can only be accessed by air and true north! dancing hues sea. You cannot get here by car and Nunavut Geography communities are not linked together by road. of the The first impression many visitors have of Travel between communities is sometimes Nunavut is of vast expanses of pristine done by airplane, snowmobile expedition, or wilderness. Comprising most of the powerboat, across great distances. Aurora Northern Lights over Nunavut. Borealis. Photo by M. de St Croix 04 05

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Inuit girls lay in the wildflowers. Below, kayakers explore icebergs. WelcomeIqaluit to the North’s Capital Jewel

Visit our parks, tour the city, experience the great outdoors. Hike our trails, or cruise the beautiful waters of historic . Breathe in our clear, cool Arctic air. And Arts & Culture. Celebrate Tooniq Tyme — our Rite of Spring or groove with us at Alianait — our popular summertime arts fest. Shop for Inuit art and carvings, soak in the culture. Iqaluit... Nunavut’s capital... a place where there’s always more to enjoy.

Photo by PolarSea.ca Mother Tongue largest community in Nunavut. There are three official languages in The Kivalliq region consists of a portion Nunavut – the Inuit language (Inuktitut and of the Canadian mainland west of Hudson Inuinnaqtun), English and French. Inuktitut Bay, together with and is the mother tongue of 70 percent of . This region has been Nunavummiut. English is the first language called Keewatin in the past, but that name of 27 percent, French and Inuinnaqtun about (originally rooted in a region of northwest- one and a half percent each. ern Ontario) has generally been phased out. The regional seat of Kivalliq is Rankin Inlet. Regions The Kitikmeot region of Nunavut Nunavut is divided into three administrative consists of the southern and eastern parts of regions, from east to west – Qikiqtaaluk, Victoria Island, with the adjacent part of the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot. Canadian mainland as far as the Boothia The (also called Peninsula, together with King William Qikiqtani, formerly called Baffin region) Island and the southern portion of Prince includes , Amund Ringnes of . The regional seat is Island, , , Cambridge Bay. Bathurst Island, the , , Cornwallis Island, , One of the most important words in Inuktitut , , is ‘ii’ – which means yes. When said correctly, and Prince . It most Inuit will also raise their eyebrows. also includes the eastern part of Melville Island, the Melville Peninsula and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island. The regional seat is Iqaluit www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca – which is also the territorial capital and the 06 For more information on the City of Iqaluit please contact: Tel.: 867-979-5600, E-mail: [email protected] or write: City of Iqaluit, Box 460, Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 1-866-686-2888 (North America) Page 08-11 Wildlife.qxd:Layout 1 6/17/10 1:15 PM Page 1 Wildlife We’re very fond of our fauna!

Two polar bears snuggle as the sun sets. Below, caribou and muskox roam the land near Elu Inlet Lodge. Photo courtesy of Frontiers North Adventures

Caribou and polar bear photos by Robert R. Taylor

Muskoxen and whale photos courtesy of Frontiers North Adventures

Tourists photograph a walrus near . Photo courtesy of Frontiers North Adventures

Beluga Bowhead longest-living mammals in the world , Repulse Bay and Resolute can migration patterns throughout the year and In summer, they move closer to shore and The beluga or white whale (Delphinapterus The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), (150-200 years) and it possesses the largest provide reliable caribou excursions. can arrange encounters with these herds. are more easily sighted. The best areas for leucas) is an arctic species of marine mammal which is also known as the right mouth of any animal. The wool of the muskox – called ‘qiviut’ in viewing are near the communities of Resolute closely related to the narwhal. It is some- whale, or arctic whale, is a massive, dark- Muskox Inuktitut – is highly prized for its softness, and . Usually travelling in pods of times called the sea canary due to its high- coloured baleen whale. This leviathan can Caribou Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are magnifi- length and insulating quality. four to 20 animals, the narwhal is deemed pitched squeaks, squeals, clucks and whistles. grow to 20 metres (66 ft.) in length and The most important land mammal to the cent animals from the Pleistocene Ice Age. vulnerable to climate change due to its spe- Residing in both arctic and sub-arctic waters, weigh up to 136 tonnes (300,000 lb.) – Inuit is the caribou (Rangifer tarandus) – Noted for their long curved horns, thick coat Narwhal cialized diet and narrow geographical range pods of belugas often congregate near the second only to the blue whale in body mass. ‘tuktu’ in Inuktitut – which has been hunted and the musky odour of the males in their The most unique whale inhabiting Nunavut between Canada and Greenland. mouths of rivers. They can sometimes be Living year-round in Nunavut waters, two for food, clothing, shelter and tools by mid-August rut, they are more closely re- waters is the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) seen from the land, but the most enjoyable populations of bowhead estimated to total humans ever since the Stone Age. Few sights lated to sheep and goats than to oxen. Their which lives year-round in the Arctic. Polar Bear way to watch beluga whales in Nunavut is 1,000 whales reside in the /Foxe are more spectacular than witnessing a ancestors migrated into Nunavut about Narwhal males are distinguished by a long, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) – ‘nanuk’ with a locally guided boat tour. Belugas Basin region and along the east coast of massive herd of these migrating beasts 150,000 years ago, alongside the now-extinct straight, helical tusk extending to three in Inuktitut – is the world’s largest are common to Nunavut com mu- Baffin Island. Bowhead watching thundering over the tundra. More than Mammoth. Approximately 60,000 muskoxen, metres (10 ft.) from their upper left carnivore species found on land, as nities along the western coast takes place from Nunavut commu- 750,000 caribou live in Nunavut and the usually living in herds of 10-20 animals, can jaw. The exact purpose of this big as the omni -vorous kodiak, but of Hudson Bay, near Foxe nities such as Cape Dorset, ancient migration patterns of the various be found thriving in several parts of ‘unicorn’ tusk remains a scientific more powerful. ‘Nanuk’ is an Basin and along the Clyde River, Hall Beach, Igloolik, herds (Bathurst, Beverly, Peary and Qam a - Nunavut. Communities such as Cambridge mystery. In winter, narwhals feed extremely dangerous, very patient eastern shores of Kugaaruk, , Pond Inlet, nirjuaq) are well known to Inuit hunters and Bay, and all have mostly on squid and flatfish at and highly intelligent predator. Baffin Island as far Repulse Bay and . guides. Communities such as Baker Lake, nearby resident muskox populations. Local depths of up to 1,500 metres An adult male polar bear can north as Pond Inlet. The bowhead is one of the Cambridge Bay, Chesterfield Inlet, , guides or ecotourism operators know their (4,921 ft.) under dense pack ice. grow to three metres (10 ft.) in Bowhead Whale 08 Polar Bear 09

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Walruses basking in the sun on a rocky shore in Nunavut. Opposite page, a bull muskox stares intently near Elu Inlet Lodge. Walrus photos by Hans Pfaff/courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

height when standing up and reach 720 kilo- flippered marine mammal recognized by its tours to see herds of walruses gathered on Photo courtesy of Frontiers North Adventures grams (1,590 lb.) in body weight. Polar bears prominent tusks of ivory, whiskers and great ice floes can be arranged in Nunavut are excellent swimmers in the frigid Nunavut bulk. An adult bull walrus can reach four communities such as , , waters, travelling great distances across the metres (13 ft.) in length and 2,000 kilograms Grise Fiord, Hall Beach, Igloolik, Kimmirut, sea ice to hunt seals along the floe edge. (4,400 lb.) in weight. Walrus tusks – which Kugaaruk, Pond Inlet, Repulse Bay and They are attracted to any potential food are elongated canine teeth used for poking . A tasty Inuit dish is aged walrus source, including bird nesting sites such as holes in the sea ice, for hauling themselves meat – ‘igunaq’ in Inuktitut. , but also to the smells of onto the frozen surface and for the violent campers cooking meals in remote locations. dominance battles between rival bulls – can The Inuktitut word ‘nirjjuti’ means wildlife. To safely see polar bears in Nunavut, from reach a length of one metre expert communities such as Qikiqtarjuaq, (3 ft. 3 in.) each. Walruses spend a significant trust only an experienced guide or proportion of their life (up to 35 years) on outfitter and use powerful the sea ice in pursuit of their preferred Approximately binoculars and telephoto diet of bivalve mollusks. They will camera lenses. dive hundreds of metres deep to the 60,000 Muskoxen sea bottom to retrieve their Walrus favourite food and they can live in Nunavut. The walrus (Odobenus eat up to 4,000 clams rosmarus) is a large in one feeding. Boat Walrus 10 11

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A white-crowned sparrow sits on a perch. Below, a dip in the water, while a phalarope (right) hides in the grass. Longspur, phalarope and sparrow photos courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge

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A black guillemot feeds along the floe edge near Baffin Island. Photo by Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Stock

Nunavut has over 100 species of birds, nearly on their eggs, helping to ensure the survival wilderness guides can all suggest various all of which are migratory species, with only of auks, buntings, cranes, ducks, finches, birdwatching opportunities. the raven, the snowy owl and the ptarmigan geese, gulls, jaegers, larks, loons, pipits, spending the winter in permanent residence. plovers, sandpipers, terns and many other The Inuktitut word for bird is ‘tingmiaq’ – the The prime Inuit storytellers recount many ancient leg- arctic species, including gyrfalcons. similar word ‘tingmisuk’ means airplane. ends featuring these resident birds, but the The prime birdsong/birdwatching season birdwatching trickster raven – whose complex personality in Nunavut begins in June, as millions of often gets him into trouble – is adored by migratory birds return to the land where they season in Nunavut young and old. were born. The spectacular Nunavut Huge populations of other species of landscape ranges dramatically – from quiet begins in June, birds fly great distances to Nunavut for and colourfully-flowered expanses of gentle breeding purposes, tending to return to rolling tundra to steep rocky cliffs, the same nesting grounds each towering like giant shards of broken as millions of year. The extraordinary physi- slate, which shelter tens of cal effort of migrating from thousands of squawking, hungry migratory birds the southern hemisphere nestlings perched high above the to nest in Nunavut is pounding arctic surf. return to the believed to reduce Nunavut outfitters, Red Phalarope the risk of predation travel agents, lodge owners and Murres rest along a rocky shore in Nunavut. land where they Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions 12 Lapland Longspur were born. 13 1-800-491-7910 (International) www.nunavuttourism.com Page 14-17 Parks.qxd:Layout 1 6/17/10 1:22 PM Page 1 Parks Our relationship to the land is part of who we are!

Sweeping glaciers and jagged granite mountains make up most of . Below, hikers of all skill levels find challenges in Nunavut parks. Photo by Karen Kabloona

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The Itijjagiaq Trail starts at Frobisher Bay and crosses the rolling hills of the Meta Incognita peninsula through Katannilik Territorial Park. Photo courtesy of Nunavut Parks

Nunavut contains many huge tracts of (www.parkscanada.ca) and the Nunavut tallest vertical cliff face in the world, it is Sirmilik National Park long inlet on northwestern Hudson Bay. In Katannilik Territorial Park protected land – National Parks, Territorial Parks website (www.nunavutparks.com) to home of the popular Akshayuk Pass hiking Sirmilik – ‘home of many glaciers’ – is addition to a reversing waterfall, plus 500 Katannilik – meaning ‘where there are Parks, Bird and Wildlife Sanctuaries, learn more about these wonderful places – trail, an ancient Inuit travel corridor. located on northern Baffin Island near Pond archeological sites dating back to 1,000 A.D., waterfalls’ – is the crown jewel of Nunavut’s Archeological Sites, Heritage Rivers and which include Inuujaarvik, Pisuktinu Camping, climbing and ice field skiing trips Inlet. Presented with great opportunities for the park is home to such species as the arctic territorial parks, stretching across south Historical Trails – in addition to Inuit Tunngavik, Tamaarvik, Taqaiqsirvik and can be arranged with the Parks Canada office kayaking, cross country skiing, hiking, boating hare, arctic wolf, beluga and bowhead whale, Baffin Island’s Meta Incognita Peninsula, Owned Lands. These pristine wilderness Tupirvik Territorial Parks, the Northwest in nearby Pangnirtung. Outfitters from this and camping, visitors to the park enjoy caribou, grizzly bear, gyrfalcon, muskox, from Frobisher Bay to the at areas, historic sites and honoured places, are Passage Trail site on , community offer guided trips into the park. watching the amazing wildlife, such as the peregrine falcon and polar bear. The best Kimmirut. Thriving with abundant wildlife, reserved exclusively for the enjoyment and the Coppermine, Kazan, Soper and Thelon thriving bird populations on mountainous way to see the park is by boat. hence a prime hunting area from ancient recreation of local and visiting people, while Heritage Rivers, plus the enormous Thelon Quttinirpaaq National Park Bylot Island and the migrating whales in times, the park is an excellent place to enjoy also preserving the natural habitats of our Wildlife Sanctuary. Quttinirpaaq is Canada’s northernmost park, Lancaster Sound. A nearby polynya (year- Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga numerous expertly guided outdoor activities wild flora and fauna. These carefully conserved Please refer to the centrefold map of this located in the high arctic near Grise Fiord on round open seawater surrounded by sea ice) Territorial Park in both summertime and wintertime. environmental and cultural treasures include travel planner to locate all the following Ellesmere Island. The sun never sets during attracts pods of narwhal, herds of seals and Located northwest of Rankin Inlet, this park four National Parks and 13 Territorial Parks parks in Nunavut: the brief summertime here at the top of the walruses, plus polar bears. was created to preserve dozens of important Kekerten Territorial Park of breathtaking arctic beauty, significant world, with its endless vistas of mountains, archeological sites and to conserve the starkly Historically significant is archeological history and astounding wildlife Auyuittuq National Park fiords and glaciers. Home to muskoxen, Peary Ukkusiksalik National Park beautiful tundra habitat of numerous species situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) from diversity. They are very special places that Auyuittuq – Inuktitut for ‘land that never caribou, polar bears and walrus, for maximum Named after the steatite (soapstone) found found where freshwater rivers feed into salty Pangnirtung, within . we protect for the benefit of our children, melts’ – is located on Baffin Island. With safety and enjoyment, it is recommended that there, Ukkusiksalik – which means ‘where Hudson Bay. Home of Inuit ancestors, it Aided by his Inuit shipmate, Eenoolooapik, your children and their children. sweeping glaciers and jagged granite visitors to the park arrive via cruise ship or there is material for the stone pot’ – is remains a hiking, camping and fishing this island refuge was charted by Scottish Visit the Parks Canada website mountains, including Mount Thor with the chartered aircraft from Resolute. located west of Repulse Bay, surrounding a paradise. whaler William Penny in 1840. It was then 14 15

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Quttinirpaaq National Park is located in the high arctic near Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island. Photo by Wolfgang Weber

used as a whaling station for decades. The for its traditional Inuit art, the park features time, which demonstrate the inventiveness frigid waters near Kekerten still teem with important archeological sites that date back and adaptability of this remarkable people. beluga and bowhead whales, narwhals, seals three millennia. Seemingly barren at first The rocky landscape of the island is broken and walruses. glance, the tundra landscape is actually very up by patches of lush vegetation, preserving rich, with wildflowers and enormous bird the half-buried remains of 11 sod houses Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park nesting grounds. that provide visitors with a clear, dramatic This park is located south of , impression of the living conditions they around the beautiful, roaring waterfalls of Ovayok Territorial Park endured. the , where steep cliffs Ovayok (Mount Pelly) Territorial Park is descending to the rushing freshwater score located 15 kilometres (9 miles) east of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park the rolling tundra landscape. The local area Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island. The Situated very close to the city of Iqaluit, a has been inhabited for thousands of years, central feature of this park is the mountain mere 30-minute walk from the capital of but the excellent char fishing in the rapid called Ovayok, which has been an important Nunavut, is the picturesque park divided in torrents of the river was cause for a bloody landmark and source of legend for the Inuit two by the meandering Sylvia Grinnell incident witnessed by Samuel Hearne in people. A prime attraction for visitors to the River. The river is an excellent spot to catch 1771, when a camp of Inuit fishermen at the park is the abundant wildlife to be seen – arctic char and the rolling tundra landscape falls was ambushed and massacred by their including wandering herds of muskox and along its rapids is a popular picnic location. traditional Chipewyan enemies. huge flocks of migratory waterfowl. One of the most rare of all plants growing in Canada, the woodsia fern grows there. Mallikjuaq Territorial Park Qaummaarviit Territorial Park Caribou are seen in both winter and spring, Mallikjuaq means ‘big wave’ in Inuktitut – Southwest of Iqaluit, near Peterhead Inlet, while arctic fox and many species of birds an appropriate name for Mallikjuaq Island, lies the tiny, rocky island of Qaummaarviit – have been spotted in the park. where the topography of the land rising out ‘the place that shines’ – which holds an of the Hudson Strait rolls like gigantic ocean important historic link to the ancient culture The Inuktitut word ‘mirnguiqsirvik’ swells. Located near the vibrant community of the Thule people. The park is rich in means park. of Cape Dorset, which is world-renowned archeological artifacts dating back to their 16

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Hikers of all skill levels enjoy the vast terrain in Nunavut. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge Camping & Hiking Inuksuks may mark the way to ancient tent rings of stone!

The scenery during the ice floe is picture perfect. Below, campers pitch tents, while hikers overlook . Photo by Mike Beedell

Photo by Pierre Dunnigan Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

The wonderful physical adventure of camp- Camping tent pitched in Nunavut must be secured National Park near Pangnirtung. Winter- bird habitats, beautiful arctic shores, superb ing in the wild, panoramic expanses of When Inuit people go camping – for fishing, with guy ropes to resist the powerful arctic time igloo camping can also be done safely fishing spots and important archeological Camping and hiking with Nunavut differs significantly from pitching a hunting or berry picking – it is something winds. near any community in Nunavut – from sites. Another excellent historical Nunavut tent in the overcrowded campgrounds of the special and cultural that they have always Designated camping spots in Nunavut southernmost Sanikiluaq to northernmost hike, which commemorates the great arctic southern world. Instead of hiking behind done. The solid land of Nunavut resists are rare. Campers are generally left on their Grise Fiord. explorers Amundsen and Franklin, is located friends in Nunavut will provide an large numbers of people along well-used pegging, so tent ropes are tied to rocks own, so hiring an experienced guide or out- in the Northwest Passage Historical Park paths set through groomed woods, hikers in instead. In prime camping locations, these fitter is highly recommended. These experts Hiking near the community of Gjoa Haven. unforgettable lifetime experience. Nunavut often find themselves completely same circles of stones may have been left know the best campsites, chosen long ago for Nunavut offers a full range of hiking alone with raw nature, perhaps to follow behind by ancestors for centuries of seasonal good reasons such as shelter, abundant fresh adventures, from casual strolls to mountain The Inuktitut word for a modern tent is some ancient trails cut into Precambrian reuse. water, quality of fishing or excellent lookout climbs. One of the best hiking areas in ‘tupiq’ and ‘ittaq’ is the word for a bedrock, worn smooth by centuries of The traditional Inuit technique of views of passing wildlife. The national parks Nunavut is Auyuittuq National Park, traditional skin tent. migrating caribou hooves. constructing tents from animal skins for in Nunavut have certain designated camping especially near Mount Thor – a towering Under the great big arctic skies of summer, like their ingenious building of sites which campers are advised to use. granite peak located 46 kilometres (29 miles) Nunavut – in winter, spring, summer or fall igloos in winter, is a living art. However, Summertime camping opportunities in northeast of Pagnirtung which features the – and far from the crowds of the south, the most Inuit families today prefer to use a Nunavut include the migratory bird wetlands world’s tallest vertical cliff face drop of 1,250 healthy, peaceful, very enjoyable outdoor large, durable tent made of canvas that is of Polar Bear Pass near Resolute, along the metres (4,101 ft.) making it very popular with activities of camping and hiking with friends easily transported by snowmobile, boat, shores of Whale Cove to watch chattering mountain climbers. in Nunavut will provide an unforgettable ATV, airplane or dogsled. Whether belugas from Hudson Bay, at spectacular Hiking in and around Cambridge Bay on lifetime experience. supported by poles or freestanding, any Akshayuk Pass in mountainous Auyuittuq Victoria Island will lead trekkers to thriving 18 19

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A kayaker stops to photograph an iceberg. Below, travellers enjoy a rafting trip and canoe adventure. Photo by PolarSea.ca

Photo by Hans Pfaff/courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge

Rafters enjoy a birdwatching tour of Coats Island. Photo by Hans Pfaff/courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

The kayak – ‘qajaq’ in Inuktitut – was shorelines and fiords, view walrus and other Canoeing Rafting developed 4,000 years ago by Inuit fore - marine mammals, touch an iceberg and take Ranging from easy to strenuous, from beginner River rafting adventures in Nunavut vary Gliding downstream in a big raft, under the sun that never sets, fathers who constructed them with animal fantastic photographs while traversing arctic to expert level, Nunavut has some of the most from warm weather express runs and easy- skins stretched over frames of bone or waters as the Inuit have done for thousands beautiful waters for canoeing in the entire going float fishing trips – fully catered and is a truly superb way to see Nunavut. driftwood. of years. world – including the Coppermine Heritage equipped – to once in a lifetime whitewater Nunavut’s many freshwaters, scores of Outfitters will guide you to the floe edge River in Kitikmeot, the Kazan and Thelon thrills set through Class V rapids. Nunavut rivers and thousands of lakes, thaw in the late in late spring and early summer. The best Heritage Rivers in Kivalliq and the Soper rafting trips are timed to coincide with springtime and most of its 45,000 kilometres month is August. Always exercise caution in Heritage River in Qikiqtaaluk. Guided by historic caribou migrations, often including (28,000 miles) of arctic coastline, with your kayak and be properly dressed with local experts, with added safety in groups, the riverside presence of wolves, eagles and spectacular bays, fiords and inlets, become protective neoprene clothing. The summer unforgettable paddling adventures of up to gyrfalcons. They are tailored by outfitters to fully navigable and vessel-friendly when the sea is still dangerously cold water, the tides 200 kilometres (120 miles) without a single suit your level of expertise, from short runs sea ice breaks up by July. are strong, ice floes can drift quickly in the portage can lead you through pristine arctic lands to multi-day excursions down rivers like the wind and bowhead whales and narwhals which are home to some magnificent herds of Burnside, the Coppermine and the Soper. Kayaking sometimes appear unexpectedly. During the muskox and caribou. Canoeing outfitters for Gliding downstream in a big raft, under the Nunavut is a world-class destination for spring runoff, whitewater kayaking takes Nunavut’s many tundra and coastal waterways, sun that never sets, is a truly superb way to expert sea kayaking. With an experienced place on rapid Nunavut waterways such as thrilling rapids and stunning waterfalls, are see and enjoy the striking tundra landscapes guide, from communities such as Igloolik, the Sylvia Grinnell River located near found in the communities of Baker Lake, and diverse wildlife habitats of Nunavut. Kimmirut, Kugaaruk, Pond Inlet, Resolute Iqaluit. Bathurst Inlet, Igloolik, Kimmirut, and Sanikiluaq, you can explore rocky Kugluktuk, Rankin Inlet and Repulse Bay. The Inuktitut word for whitecaps is ‘qagaaqtuq’ Photo by Stephen Gorman and ‘uqsuaqtuq’ means smooth, calm seas. 20 21

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Photo by PolarSea.ca A photographer captures a shot of an iceberg. Below, travellers view wildlife from the flow edge, while snowmobile guides plot a course. Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

Photo by PolarSea.ca

A traveller makes his way across the floe edge in Nunavut. Photo by Lee Narraway

‘Sinaaq’ is the Inuktitut word for the floe polar bears, narwhals, bowhead and beluga Experienced local guides, who are totally The rugged yet flexible arctic sled, perfected in Best Floe Edge Sightings edge, which is a very special place to be in whales, plus an astonishing variety of birds. familiar with the tides, weather patterns and design by the Inuit for towing people and The floe edge is one of the most Arctic Bay ...... June to Mid July the spring. A floe is a flat chunk of floating It is a time of great celebration for the Inuit changing ice conditions, are the experts best supplies behind snowmobiles or dog teams, is Arviat ...... April to June sea ice up to 10 kilometres (6 miles) wide. As people. Floe edge tours from many Nunavut qualified to determine your safest and most known as a ‘qamotiq’ in Inuktitut, English Cape Dorset ...... April to June dynamic ecosystems on Earth. drift ice, it will rise and fall with the tides and communities like Clyde River, Coral Harbour, enjoyable route to and from the floe edge. and French. Chesterfield Inlet ...... May to June travel with the ocean currents and arctic Igloolik, Iqaluit, Pond Inlet and Qikiqtarjuaq Coral Harbour ...... March to May winds unless it is blocked by fast ice, coastal will take you on a classic arctic adventure to Icebergs Grise Fiord ...... April to May sea ice fastened to the land or shallow sea witness this wildlife spectacle. On the way, Formed from snowflakes fallen 10,000 to Hall Beach ...... March to April floor. In the springtime, the floe edge – you can enjoy magnificent mountain scenery, 15,000 years ago, compressed then calved Nobody Gets You Closer. Igloolik ...... April to May where the open sea meets the frozen sea – visit bustling bird cliffs and pass drifting from glaciers into the crashing waves, Iqaluit ...... April to June As a privileged guest of the Inuit, we becomes one of the most dramatic and icebergs – which are an excellent source of currents and gusting winds of the arctic, will visit remote, traditional villages Kimmirut ...... April to May dynamic ecosystems on Earth. freshwater when at sea. titanic icebergs are often carved into some of & explore exotic lands. Zodiac among Pangnirtung ...... April to June icebergs, polar bears, walrus the most beautiful sculptures created by the and whales. Pond Inlet ...... May to June Guided Tours forces of nature. Outfitters all over Nunavut Qikiqtarjuaq ...... May to June From April through offer iceberg tours, multi-day outings or Rankin Inlet ...... April to May July in Nunavut, arctic day-trips. Notably, the entire northeastern Resolute Bay ...... May to June wildlife gathers in abun- coastline of Baffin Island, from Qikiqtarjuaq 1-866-263-3220 Sanikiluaq ...... March to April dance along the floe edge – to Pond Inlet, is ranked as one of the world’s www.cruisenorthexpeditions.com ™ Whale Cove ...... May to June Cruise North is owned and operated by and for the Inuit of Canada’s Arctic. The 2010 Season runs from July 2 to Sept. 15, with six expeditions to choose from. Please including walrus, seals, greatest iceberg galleries. call for complete details and information. All tours are subject to availability on a first come, first served basis. Cruise North Expeditions Reg. #4499372/4499356 22 23

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The soft light in the north is a photographer’s dream. Below, passengers explore the shoreline, while the Northern Lights illuminate the sky. Photo by Richard Sidey

Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

Breathtaking views surround these passengers. Below, travellers disembark the ship to explore ice floes. Photo by PolarSea.ca

Photo by Stephen Gorman One of the most exciting and unforgettable the circumpolar world westwards from spinning world. Nunavut communities cliff-faced island, gashed with many deep gather in such numbers they attract many ways to experience Nunavut is on a deluxe to Alaska. Nowadays, it is a superbly visited on these cruises may include ravines, is the absolute favourite nesting polar bears. icebreaker cruise ship tour. The sailing relaxed and comfortable voyage. Northwest Cambridge Bay, Grise Fiord, , ground of the world’s largest living auk – In Inuktitut nautical terminology, the bow of a season runs from July to September. These Passage cruises may take you to the Nunavut Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq and Resolute. the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), which vessel is ‘sivua’ – and ‘aqua’ is stern. hugely popular excursions will transport you communities of Cambridge Bay, Gjoa north of the magnetic pole, past glacial Haven, Pond Inlet and Resolute. Baffin mountains and deep into the heart of our Departing from Iqaluit, the capital of land. High Arctic Nunavut, Northern Baffin cruises tour the In warmth, luxury and great company, High dramatic eastern coastline of the island, then Northwest Passage Arctic icebreaker cruises, fully equipped with sail into the Northwest Passage. These The historic quest for the Northwest ship-to-shore capabilities, can take you to voyages will take you to the communities of Passage made heroes of arctic explorers like visit ancient Thule ruins on uninhabited Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet, then past © FrontiersNorthAdventures Franklin and Amundsen. Many Somerset Island, photograph the site of Sirmilik National Park, through Lancaster centuries earlier, however, Inuit Franklin’s 1845 winter camp on Sound, to visit Resolute on Cornwallis forefathers had already explored all , then travel as far Island. Southern Baffin cruises are equally the best routes and north as Tanquary Fiord on thrilling voyages. They will introduce you to channels through the Ellesmere world-renowned Inuit artists working in 1 (800) 663-9832 Arctic Archipelago, Island, at Cape Dorset and also sail you to Akpatok having navigated the top of the Island in Ungava Bay. This uninhabited, www.EluLodge.com 24 25

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Qikiqtaaluk Region

Kivalliq Region

Kitikmeot Region

Nunavut’s National Parks

Wildlife Areas and Bird Sanctuaries Alert

Territorial Parks QUTTINIRPAAQ NATIONAL PARK Territorial Capital

Northwest Passage

ARCTIC OCEAN

Grise Fiord

BAFFIN BAY Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area

Pond Inlet Resolute Sirmilik National Park Clyde River Arctic Bay

Qikiqtarjuaq

Auyuittuq National Park Pangnirtung Igloolik Hall Beach Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Gjoa Haven Cambridge Bay Kugaaruk Iqaluit Kugluktuk Frobisher Bay Repulse Bay Soper Heritage River Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary Ukkusiksalik Kimmirut National Park Cape Dorset Taqaiqsirvik Territorial Park Bathurst Inlet Mallikjuaq Territorial Park Coral Harbour Fossil Creek Trail Baker Lake

Thelon Chesterfield Inlet Wildlife Sanctuary Rankin Inlet Yellowknife Dubawnt Lake Whale Cove

Arviat

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Fishing for char in Cape Dorset. Below, returning home after another day on the water. Photo by Lee Narraway

Photo by Wolfgang Webber Photo by Jean Weller

Flyfishing for arctic char in Nunavut. Char photos courtesy of Canadian Arctic Holidays

Fishing for fun and for food is a traditional fish, closely related to both salmon and trout. (30 in.) in length and four kilograms (9 lb.) Trout the coloured pike, yellow pike or pickerel – they eat crustaceans, snails and insects and Inuit family activity in Nunavut, which takes A char can weigh nine kilograms (20 lb.) or in weight, but most graylings caught in Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is actually although it is related to neither pikes nor grow to 46 centimetres (18 in.) in length. place on both open and frozen waters. Criss- more and its flesh colour may vary from Nunavut, usually on lightweight tackle or a species of freshwater char, highly prized as pickerels! Walleye belong to the ray-finned Whitefish meat is highly prized for its fine, crossed with numerous rivers and blessed bright red to pale orange-pink. No other fly-fishing gear, weigh about two kilograms both a game and food fish. They are native order of perciforms that includes perch and delicate flavour and the roe is called golden with many lakes, the best fishing spots freshwater fish is found as as the (4 lb.) or less. They are tasty and a lot of fun only to the northern lakes of North America, sunfish. Walleye get their name from the fact caviar. located near every Nunavut community are char, which, for example, is the only species to catch in lakes, rivers and rocky streams. but have several names – grey trout, lake that their eyes, like those of cats, reflect light. well known to local guides. In addition to of fish in Lake Hazen on northernmost char, laker, paperbelly, salmon trout, siscowet, On average, they grow to about 75 centimetres A very tasty fish preparation in Nunavut is dried ice-fishing in the spring, several fishing Ellesmere Island. Captured all across Pike togue and touladi. In Nunavut, giant trophy- (30 in.) in length and seven kilograms (15 lb.) arctic char – called ‘pitsi’ in Inuktitut. lodges and outfitters provide for world-class Nunavut, especially in coastal rivers, the char The great northern pike (Esox lucius) is a sized lake trout are commonly caught in the in weight. sport fishing throughout the summer and fall. is by far the most dominant, hardest-hitting carnivorous freshwater fish of the northern 10-23 kilogram (22-50 lb.) range! Some The best locations to catch and popular fish to catch and eat, so popular hemisphere. Mostly olive green colour, fishing lodges boast of their guests catching Whitefish Several fishing lodges and the following fish are listed with the Inuit people that it is usually just shading into yellow and white along the belly, an average of 40 lake trout in a single day, The lake whitefish (Coregonus in our Fishing Guide – called ‘fish’ – ‘iqaluk’ in Inuktitut. pike can grow to a length of 150 centimetres which is quite a fish tale. clupeaformis) is a freshwater outfitters provide for which is available online at (59 in.) and reach 25 kilograms (55 lb.) in member of the salmon family www.nunavuttourism.com. Grayling weight. As ambush predators, they strike Walleye which inhabits large rivers and world-class sport Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) with remarkable acceleration, which is a lot The walleye (Sander vitreus) deep lakes as far north as Char is a feisty species of freshwater fish of fun to handle on a fishing line. is a freshwater perch-like Victoria Island in fishing throughout the Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in the salmon family. The arctic fish, mistakenly known in Nunavut. Primarily is both a freshwater and saltwater grayling can grow to 76 centimetres some parts of Canada as bottom feeders, summer and fall. 28 Dried Arctic Char 29

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Wilderness Lodges Home is where the heart is!

Cozy cabins in Bathurst Inlet. Below, cabins at Camp Ekaluk and the Elu Inlet Lodge. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge

Photo courtesy of B & J Flyfishing Adventures Photo by Daniel J. Cox

Wilderness lodges are located throughout Nunavut. Photo courtesy of Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge

In the great outdoors of Nunavut, where lodge by plane, boat, dogsled or snowmobile. or by cruising across the rolling terrain on yummy meals might include a variety of There are no formal roads to follow in most parts of Nunavut pods of belugas sing and herds of caribou There are no formal roads to follow in most an ATV. In wintertime conditions, your local foods prepared in some very tasty and wander, fantastically far away from most parts of Nunavut – just good routes! lodge can be supplied with snowmobiles or interesting ways, such as roasted racks of human habitation, are some magnificent dogsledding teams – whichever you prefer. muskox, barbecued caribou burgers, smoked – just good routes! wilderness lodgings. After sea kayaking near Transportation Guided by local experts, who are familiar char, sashimi or chowder and freshly made icebergs, taking pictures of lounging walrus, Across the pristine arctic hinterlands of with the best routes and safest means of bannock. Good food makes for good times fishing for char in rapid waters or hiking by Nunavut, the wilderness lodging experience transportation, wilderness lodge excursions in good company. Enjoy! cliffs teeming with birdlife, it is a sweet will be tailored to suit your desired degree of can take you to witness muskoxen roaming retreat to the comforts of home in the wild. self-reliance and personal freedom at the tundra valleys, to see pods of narwhals The Inuktitut word ‘illuralaaq’ is how to say k_\cf^fkfcffb]fi different times of the year. You can be flown swimming in nearby waters and – from a safe ‘cabin’ up here. Location in by bush plane, to comfortable cabins set distance – to watch polar bears wander along Wilderness adventure lodges in Nunavut are up for canoeing, fishing, wildlife viewing, the floe edge. ĘĚĻĕďĀĨĚïČģġĀÿĀ situated in remote locations specifically esker trekking and cross-country skiing chosen for a wide variety of outdoor activities adventures. Summer days can include bush Food Xlk_\ek`ZeleXmlk in superbly scenic arctic environments. They plane trips to terrific waters for fly-fishing, Wilderness lodges will prepare all your meals all come with expert local guidance, include or special areas for filming migrating caribou for you. These specialized lodges are maximum safety preparations and provide a herds as seen from above. You can also equipped and stocked for good cooking and high degree of personal service. Depending explore wilderness areas in kayaks or dining purposes. Perhaps to feast on some nnn%Xlk_\ek`ZeleXmlk%Zfd upon the season, you might arrive to the inflatable rafts, by mountain biking, hiking, fresh fish that you caught that day. Other ĨĚïČíģ`eleXmlkXikj"ZiX]kj 30 31

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The annual Alianait Arts Festival attracts spectators from around the world. Below, Inuit actors and throat singers entertain. Photo by Ed Maruyama Arts & Culture We have more artists, per capita, than anywhere else in the world!

Photo by Ed Maruyama

Photo by Ed Maruyama

Inuit girls in traditional dress. Photo by Lee Narraway

For a historically nomadic, hunter-gatherer ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ – syllabics. the inuksuk are distinctive examples. Dog The Land part of the greater community. Inuit people featuring traditional Inuit games – which are society which spread itself thinly across the sleds are still commonly used in Nunavut, Having always existed in harmony and inter- cherish their youths and their elders, athletic competitions of strength, agility, circumpolar world from Siberia to Greenland, The People but not as common as snowmobiles today. dependence with the natural world, the Inuit respecting very specific roles and responsi - dexterity and physical stamina based on surviving and subsisting for untold centuries The term ‘Inuit’ means ‘the people’ in The rifle has replaced the bow and arrow, worldview is shaped by the respect they have bilities, which they place upon themselves at critical skills honed for excellence in hunting in one of the harshest environments on the Inuktitut. The term ‘Eskimo’ is still but to the Inuit way of seeing things, this is for the land, the sea, the animals, the plants, each stage of life. Traditional Inuit social and arctic survival. These festive events often planet, the vital importance of art and commonly used in Alaska, but in Canada still ‘traditional’ – because it’s logical and for human beings and the forces of nature. values include sharing the bounty of a suc- include dogsled and snowmobile races, while culture to the Inuit people is extraordinary. and in Greenland, this word is considered practical evolution. From the historical Inuit leaders, elders, parents and teachers cessful hunt with others, always looking after large communal feasts of traditional Inuit When visiting Nunavut, you will be forever pejorative and so has fallen out of usage. perspective of a hunting and fishing people, actively strive to preserve this harmonious the poor and behaving in a more collective, foods are also prepared for one and all to impressed by their warmth and creativity. When you are visiting Nunavut and speaking using GPS to find one’s way back home is as balance for future generations. No longer a rather than selfishly individual way. enjoy. about the Inuit people – in English, or basic as replacing stone arrowheads with nomadic people, the Inuit of Nunavut con- Language French, or any other language – please use steel points. Likewise, in music, the tinue to generously contribute their wisdom, Games Music The Inuit language is spoken and taught the correct word they invented for themselves. traditional sounds of throat-singing are arts and cultural values to enrich, educate At specific times of the year – such as when The Inuit art of throat-singing, like drum in every community of Nunavut (Inuktitut ‘Inuk’ is the singular. sometimes now mixed to techno dance beats. and delight all the rest of Canada, plus every the sun returns to end the long, dark winter dancing, has been enjoyed since time in the east and Inuinnaqtun in the west). Storytelling, which is a traditional perform- single visitor to the great Canadian Arctic. night, at the beginning of springtime, or immemorial, but, as other musical traditions, English and French are the other official Culture ance art form, nowadays also includes the when summer arrives – communities all instruments and sounds arrived in Nunavut, languages of the territory. Inuktitut and Inuit culture includes their language, tradi- innovative work of Inuit filmmakers. The Family across Nunavut stage celebrations and they have been combined and merged with Inuinnaqtun are both written in Roman tions, beliefs, music, art, handicrafts, foods, culture you will experience when visiting At the core of this unique culture is the games. These events involve traditional Inuit the expressive musical forms of the native orthography, however, Inuktitut is more clothing, implements, technologies and Nunavut is both vibrant and dynamic. It is family. Amongst Inuit, this is often an performing arts, like storytelling, throat- people. Many Inuit enjoy the accordion and commonly written in Qaniujaaqpait – story. The kayak, the ulu knife, the igloo and an ancient, living culture. extended family, which naturally becomes singing and drum dancing, while also fiddle sounds, reels and jigs, introduced to 32 33

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them by whalers and traders. Acoustic and region. The hard stone used in Arviat and they will delight you with their delicious, electric guitars are now played everywhere in Baker Lake inspires more abstract art, while complex flavours and variety of textures. the territory, producing folk, country, pop Kimmirut is famous for its walrus ivory Sometimes eaten raw, which is not surprising and rock music stars in Nunavut with dis- carving and scrimshaw work. Notable art for a land without trees, most local foods – tinctly northern artistic flair. Sounding as if galleries to visit are located in Baker Lake, like caribou, char, muskox and seal – are it were perhaps invented specifically for Cape Dorset, Iqaluit and in Rankin Inlet – prepared in stews, or by baking, frying and another modern musical form adored by which is also the home of Nunavut’s best grilling. Smoked char is very tasty, but ‘pitsi’ youth, the Inuktitut language is brilliantly ceramic artists. (dried char) is truly yummy. If you enjoy suited for hip-hop lyrics. There are many sushi, then do try some of our traditional raw music festivals across the territory through- Clothing dishes too. Like fresh seal meat, which out the year. These events are all listed and Everywhere in Nunavut you will see mothers warms your entire body from the inside out! updated regularly on our website: carrying their infant children in the hood of For the more adventurous gourmet, there is www.nunavuttourism.com. their ‘amauti’ – a specialized parka designed ‘igunaq’ (fermented walrus meat) and for just such purpose. For survival in the ‘mattaaq’ (raw narwhal or beluga skin) which Acrobatics harsh arctic, while Inuit men mastered the are unforgettable foodstuffs for foodies. When visitors witness Nunavut athletes design of specialized hunting tools, Inuit performing traditional Inuit games for the women mastered all the local materials and The tricky English term ‘culture’ is often misun- first time, with huge jumps and dazzling forms of their traditional clothing. Inuit derstood or misused, having over 160 meanings. acrobatic skill, they see how these powerful garments, from sealskin boots to polar bear There is no such word in Inuktitut. Instead, the abilities have now been incorporated into the skin leggings, are still beautifully handmade Inuit people use the term ‘illiqusiq’ which means repertoires of renowned dance groups like in Nunavut today. In addition, you will find ‘the way it is done’ – encompassing all aspects of the Baffin Breakers of Clyde River and in incredible Inuit beadwork, plus intricately the Inuit way of life. world-class circus troupes like Artcirq from worked bone, stone, talon, claw and ivory Igloolik. jewellery. When visiting Nunavut, you will Prints Food be forever impressed by Inuit The community of Cape Dorset, which Traditional Inuit foods – usually referred to celebrated 50 years of print-making in 2009, as ‘country food’ – are highly nutritious and is famous for the quality of its work. Distinc- warmth and creativity. tive Inuit prints are made in many parts of Nunavut, but some of the very best, gracing the homes of world leaders and the art galleries of numerous nations, come from this small community in southwestern Baffin Island. Other communities of particular SeriousSerious aaboutbout ttravelravel ttoo tthehe nnorthorth distinction for their printmakers and weavers include Baker Lake, Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. NoNo oonene kknowsnows tthehe NNorthorth tthehe wwayay wwee ddo.o. A Andnd n noo o otherther a airlineirline c canan

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Traditional dog sled trips are available. Below, business and adventure help to build teams. Photo by Mike Beedell

Photo by Holly Varey

Photo by Pascale Dion

Travellers can reach Nunavut by air and sea.

The True North is a fantastic, refreshing picture more clearly can be as simple as Motivation visitor centres and local tourism outfitters operators offer discounts for weekend stays. change of venue for your most critical business taking them outdoors for a breath of fresh Distanced from the daily chaos of the stock can help to arrange group activities such as If you are keen to broaden your visit to meetings. Topnotch hotels, wilderness lodges arctic air – in a vast, unspoiled, seemingly exchange, far from noisy downtown traffic, tours, shows and expeditions. With increased Nunavut, ask for special 'Extend Your Stay' and inns located across the giant territory of limitless panorama of opportunity. The best, with fewer hectic distractions and interrup- worldwide attention being brought to bear rates when booking your business trip, or Nunavut offer all of the presentation, most dynamic new ideas that your company tions, the most important goals, objectives and upon the arctic, Nunavut is becoming call Nunavut Tourism (1-866-686-2888) for conference room, cable, satellite, internet and may light upon might well be inspired by the strategies of your organization will become evermore popular for incentive rewards more information about this incentive video facilities required for conducting highly shimmering Aurora Borealis. clearer for everyone involved. At the top of the programs. Visit the Nunavut Tourism program. productive meetings and training sessions for world, conducting business meetings will be website (www.nunavuttourism.com) for your business teams. Nunavut communities Productivity more impressive and effective. When more information about these details. Do For hardworking executives, a have hosted everything from mining and climate Healthy workers are more productive workers combined with a dog sledding expedition, or a not hesitate to contact us for any assistance handy Inuktitut expression to change symposiums, northern trade shows, so, after crunching the numbers, debating concert of throat-singing and drum dancing, or information that you may require. Your employ is ‘pijassaqaluaqtunga’ arts conventions, government think-tanks and the pros and cons, brainstorming the master your most valuable people will become cold call will be mostly warmly received. – I am very busy. language summits, to the prestigious, high- plans, you can take the team for an invigor - motivated to achieve results like never before. security meetings, entertainments and ating race across the sea ice on snowmobiles. Extend Your Stay Program televised press conferences of world leaders. Add a kayak tour to your itinerary. Visit the Logistics We encourage business travellers to Nunavut floe edge to film the gang where narwhals Several operators offer excellent conference to extend their stay, to take advantage of the Vision play. Instead of meeting inside your office, services. Their expertise with logistics and opportunity to get out of the boardroom After inspiring your group to reach new consider saving your best inspirational speech their familiarity with all the local suppliers and enjoy other wonderful aspects of the

heights, motivating them to see the bigger for a sunny sit-down moment on an iceberg. can greatly aid your plans. Community territory. Various airlines, hotels and tour Photo by Hans Pfaff/courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions 36 37

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Iqaluit at night. Below, the Northern Lights above Angel Street and Jordin Tootoo, right, with a childhood friend, visiting Rankin Inlet. Photo by Ed Maruyama

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An overhead view of Kimmirut.

The charming, vibrant communities of Qikiqtaaluk Region dramatic mountains, fiords and rugged Igloolik population of 6,184 residents listed in the the bull caribou’ – this community of 1,325 Nunavut range in size from booming centres Arctic Bay coastline nearby are so beautiful the area is a Spelled Iglulik (ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ) in Inuktitut – ‘place 2006 Statistics Canada census. It is the people is located on a beautiful fiord in of trade and government, to tiny hamlets Also known as Ikpiarjuk (ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ) – ‘the proposed territorial park site. of igloos’ – this vibrant, creative community political, business, educational and journalism striking mountainous terrain that is popular hardly larger than a few extended house- pocket’ – this picturesque community of of 1,538 permanent residents is considered centre of Nunavut, yet it is also the home of with hikers, climbers and skiers. “Pang” is holds. To visitors, each of these unique 690 residents has been inhabited by arctic Grise Fiord to be the cultural centre of the Inuit people. many Inuit artists, filmmakers and musicians. renowned for the Pangnirtung Fisheries fish places, not one too big and none too small, peoples for over 5,000 years. Also known as Aujuittuq (ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ) – The award-winning movie ‘Fast Runner’ was plant and for the quality of its woven will offer rich and unforgettable experiences. ‘the place that never thaws’ – this warmly filmed and produced here. It is home to Kimmirut tapestries and prints. Their locations were chosen, named and in- Cape Dorset hospitable place, home to 141 permanently- Artcirq, the popular circus troupe. Nearby The community of Kimmirut (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ) – habited – sometimes for thousands of years Also known as (ᑭᙵᐃᑦ) – settled residents, is the northernmost Dorset sites date back over 4,000 years. ‘heel’ – which is named for a distinctive Pond Inlet – because of the social and survival advan- ‘mountains’ – this artistic community of community in Canada. Grise Fiord enjoys rocky outcrop, has a population of 411 Also known as Mittimatalik (ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ) – tages these sites provided for the interacting 1,236 residents is a main stop for arctic cruise 24-hour sunshine from April through August. Iqaluit people. It has an excellent art gallery and is ‘the place where Mittiima is buried’ – is a groups of ancient people who met there. ships. It is world-famous for the quality of Iqaluit (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) – ‘place of many fish’ – is located at the mouth of the Soper community of 1,315 people, located Apart from two other specialized places in prints and carvings produced by its visual Hall Beach the capital of Nunavut and regional centre of Heritage River running through near the eastern entrance to the Nunavut, which are used for seasonal reasons, artists. Also known as (ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ) – ‘the government for Qikiqtaaluk. Located at the magnificent Katannilik Northwest Passage. Pond Bathurst Inlet and Umingmaktok, there shoreline’ – this community of 654 residents head of Frobisher Bay, the tides rise and fall Territorial Park. Inlet is close to the bustling are 25 distinct communities scattered across Clyde River is the oldest permanently inhabited place up to nine metres (30 feet) twice a day. bird cliffs of Bylot Island Nunavut, in three regions – Qikiqtaaluk, Also known as Kangiqtugaapik (ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ) north of the Arctic Circle. For thousands of Nearby Sylvia Grinnell River has excellent Pangnirtung and is famous as a place Kivalliq and Kitikmeot. – ‘nice little inlet’ – the community of Clyde years, the local people have enjoyed the char fishing. Iqaluit is the largest and fastest- Also called Pangnirtuuq to see pods of narwhal River has a population of 820 people. The presence of large herds of walrus. growing community in the territory, with a (ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) – ‘place of along the floe edge. 38 39

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community has a population of 332 people who are renowned for their arts and crafts, as well as for their skill at whaling from small boats.

Coral Harbour Also known as Salliit (ᓴᓪᓖᑦ) – ‘large flat islands in front of the mainland’ – this community of 800 people is an ecotourism base for some of the best bird, walrus and polar bear watching in Nunavut. The East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary and the Harry Gibbons Bird Sanctuary are located nearby. Local outfitters offer boat trips to Walrus Devoted to excellence and Coast Islands. W5txoi3u4 WoExc6g5 Executive & Business Suites Rankin Inlet ˆmJo1i4 gJ3u8Fø5 Also known as Kangiqtiniq (ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ) – Renowned Licensed Dining “Where to Eat in Canada” ‘deep inlet’ – the community of Rankin Inlet Listed in Free Wireless Internet, is the centre of government for the Kivalliq Business Services region. It has a population of 2,358 people In-room Coffee & Cable TV and is distinguished as home of the best sçMstø5\hv5g4f5 ceramic arts in Nunavut, to be found at the Conference Facilities Matchbox Gallery. The first inuk to ever vtm4Fc6g5 play hockey in the NHL, Jordin Tootoo, Complimentary Shuttle X˛yu4 x4/6gw0Jtø5 Longest Days grew up here. Tel: (867) 979-4433 Fax: (867) 979-6591 The Midnight Sun shines brightly Repulse Bay [email protected] ᓇᐅᔮᑦ over Nunavut. Depending on the Community 24 Hours of Sunshine Community 24 Hours of Sunshine Also known as ( ) – ‘seagull www.discoverylodge.com IQALUIT, NUNAVUT nesting place’ – this historic community, community, the sun never completely Grise Fiord ...... April 22 to August 20 Hall Beach ...... May 21 to July 22 sets beneath the Resolute ...... April 29 to August 13 Kugaaruk ...... May 21 to July 22 60 New Rooms horizon for up Pond Inlet ...... May 5 to August 7 Gjoa Haven ...... May 22 to July 21 Now Open! to four months Arctic Bay ...... May 6 to August 6 Kugluktuk ...... May 27 to July 17 Under the midnight sun and the aurora of the year. Clyde River ...... May 13 to August 1 Qikiqtarjuaq ...... May 29 to July 15 borealis is another northern wonder. Taloyoak ...... May 17 to July 27 Repulse Bay ...... June 4 to July 9 The staff at the Explorer Hotel and Frobisher Inn will dazzle you with cultural Igloolik ...... May 18 to July 26 Pangnirtung ...... June 8 to July 4 and contemporary cuisine, art exhibits, Cambridge Bay ...... May 20 to July 23 Source: Environment Canada luxurious suites, and northern hospitality. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge In Yellowknife - The Explorer Hotel The Explorer Hotel Brilliant service and glittering rooms in the diamond Yellowknife capital of Canada. • 187 rooms• Conference Centre Qikiqtarjuaq Sanikiluaq of nesting waterfowl. Arviat is renowned for • Trader’s Grill• Trapline Lounge Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ) – ‘big island’ – Sanikiluaq (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) – is named for a man the talent of its musicians, including Susan Tel: 867.873.3531 Fax: 867.873.2789 is a community of 473 permanent residents, who once lived here, known as a fast runner. Aglukark. Toll Free: 1.800.661.0892 E-mail: [email protected] located on an island adjacent the eastern It is the most southern community of Nunavut, www.explorerhotel.ca coast of Baffin Island, near Auyuittuq located in the Belcher Islands, deep in Baker Lake In Iqaluit - Frobisher Inn National Park. Qikiqtarjuaq is known as the Hudson Bay, with a population of 744 people. Also known as Qamani’tuaq (ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ) – Sleep, work, and play on a hill overlooking some of Canada’s highest tides. iceberg capital of the world. Many species of They are reknown for their basket weaving ‘huge widening of a river’ – it has a population • 95 Rooms• Conference Centre• Gallery Fine Dining marine mammals thrive here, including killer and eider down products. Another very of 1,728 people. Baker Lake is Nunavut’s only • Caribrew Café• Storehouse Bar & Grill Frobisher Inn whales. unique handicraft of this community is the inland community, situated where the Thelon Tel: 867.979.2222 Fax: 867.979.0427 Toll Free: 1.877.422.9422 Iqaluit making of dolls from fish skin. Heritage River meets the Kazan Heritage E-mail: [email protected] Resolute River. Famous for its art and abundant wildlife, www.frobisherinn.com Also known as Qausuittuq (ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ) – Kivalliq Region this community is close to the newly-opened ‘place with no dawn’ – this important Arviat Meadowbank gold mine and is very near to community has a permanent population of Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ) – ‘place of the bowhead the exact geographical centre of Canada. WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE 229 people. Located in the High Arctic on whale’ – has a population of 2,514 people. It Chesterfield Inlet Frobisher Inn, recipient of the 2003 Excellence Award, Cornwallis Island, Resolute is strategically is located on the western coast of Hudson Nunavut Tourism, and the 2004 Business of the Year Award, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ Catering to parties situated in the middle of the Northwest Bay, southernmost of the seven Kivalliq Also known as Igluligaarjuk ( ) – Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce of all sizes Passage. communities, near the McConnell River ‘place with few houses’ – this is the oldest Bird Sanctuary, which is home to thousands settlement in the region of Kivalliq. The 40 41

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which is situated right on the Arctic Circle, Gjoa Haven Kugluktuk has a population of 748 people. Located Also known as Uqsuqtuuq (ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ) – Kugluktuk (ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ) – ‘place of moving near Ukkusiksalik National Park, it is a ‘place of plenty blubber’ – the English name water’ – is a community of 1,302 people good place for polar bear watching and for for this place honours the fact that North- located where the Coppermine Heritage bowhead whale watching excursions into west Passage explorer Amundsen wintered River feeds into . It is an nearby Foxe Basin. here with his good ship, the Gjoa, calling it important centre of Inuit arts and culture, “the best little harbour in the world.” The situated downstream from Kugluk/Bloody !& !&& !" !&& Whale Cove ill-fated Franklin expedition perished nearby, Falls Territorial Park. , , Also known as Tikirarjuaq (ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ) – so this community of 1,064 people on King ‘long point’ – this community, located south William Island is often visited by arctic Taloyoak Nunallaat, Ihuarniq, Atuttiarniq of Rankin Inlet, has a population of 353 history buffs. Taloyoak (ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ) – ‘large caribou people. The fishing here is excellent. Each hunting blind’ – is a community of 809 Community, Comfort, Convenience spring there is an annual fishing derby for Kugaaruk people. It is situated on the Boothia the biggest lake trout. In the fall, large pods Kugaaruk (ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ) – ‘little stream’ – which is Peninsula, in an arctic wilderness area of chattering beluga congregate near the also known as Arviligjuaq (ᑳᒑᕐᑭᓪ) – ‘place of renowned for its muskoxen. Artists here are shores of the cove. many bowhead whales’ – is a very famous for creating traditional community of 688 highly mystical Kitikmeot Region people. Located on Pelly Bay, carvings in stone, Cambridge Bay off the , it is an bone and ivory. Also known as Iqaluktuuttiaq excellent place for sea kayaking. The Inuktitut word (ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ) – ‘fair fishing place’ – the ‘nunalik’ means community of Cambridge Bay is the govern- community.  %!&% !  ment seat for the region of Kitikmeot. It has a population of 1,477 people. Located on the Haniliriikhutik Hilarjuap Qulaani south coast of Victoria Island, near Ovayok Territorial Park, the beautiful landscape is Spanning the Top of the World home to magnificent herds of muskoxen. Photo by Jean Weller

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Planning Your Trip A journey of any great distance begins with one single step!

Vast open spaces, combined with the incredible wildlife, make a visit to Nunavut totally enchanting. Photo by Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Stock

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The High Arctic in Nunavut. Photo courtesy of Cruise North Expeditions

Nunavut is immense. Seeing all of it in one about the specific activities that interest you. feasts. In Gjoa Haven, this spring celebration www.nunavutparks.com. In addition, most Access Restrictions in Nunavut Kitikmeot Region (867) 982-3310 visit is not practical for most travellers. It took Check their websites and contact them. Ask is known as the Qavvarrvik Carnival. In communities of Nunavut have websites to There is a significant amount of private Toll-free: 1-800-220-6581 thousands of years for the indigenous peoples questions and demand references. If you Iqaluit, it is called the Toonik Tyme Festival. check, with Visitor Centres to contact Inuit-owned land in Nunavut. However, of Nunavut to explore its vast expanses and prefer to use a travel agency, show them the In Rankin Inlet they stage the popular regarding their local attractions, arts, tours, boundaries are rarely marked. Access Wilderness Expeditions there are still many corners of this beautiful sections of this planner that you would like Pakallak Tyme Festival, while in Taloyoak expeditions, cultural activities and full range restrictions apply to travel inside the If you are planning a wilderness expedition territory that have never been visited by to learn more about. on Boothia Peninsula, it’s time for the of accommodations. Nunavut Settlement Area, while fishing is on your own, then register your plan with human beings at all. You could be the first Taloyoak Spring Games. Visitors are always also restricted in certain places. Visitors are the RCMP detachment located nearest to person to ever set foot in some of these Celebrations warmly invited to participate and share in Contact Canada responsible for learning the restrictions that your departure point – and check in with places. During the springtime in Nunavut, as pods these happy festivities! Contact the Canadian High Commission, apply to the specific areas they wish to enter. them when you return. This will make your of whales gather and herds of walrus bask in Embassy, or Consulate General in your home Licensed operators know the rules and, when trip much safer. If your expedition plans to Activities the sunshine along the floe edge, muskox Visitor Information country for information about passport and contracted, are responsible for obtaining all enter a National Park, then you are required Imagine yourself in Nunavut. Picture the calves and caribou fawns will take their first Nunavut Tourism is very happy to help you visa requirements needed for entering the proper permits. If you are going wilderness to register beforehand with Parks Canada, pay activities and arctic adventures that would tentative, baby steps onto the tundra. The plan your trip. Call our toll-free number Canada. For information about what you camping without a guide, you should contact a fee and take part in an orientation program. most please you. This travel planner outlines land is reborn – unspoiled and eternal – so (1-866-686-2888 in North America and can bring into Canada, contact the Canada the Inuit Land Administration Office for While out on the land, please respect all the exciting range of experiences available entire communities head out with their 1-800-491-7910 from the rest of the world) Border Services Agency. Their website permit requirements in that area, at one of camps, cabins and fuel caches that you may and describes the Nunavut communities that snowmobiles, ATVs, dogsleds and camping and an information counsellor will be pleased (www.cbsa.gc.ca) answers most questions that these numbers: come across. Do not camp, or disturb specialize in providing those things. Choose equipment to celebrate the new season with to assist you. Detailed visitor information people have about what can be brought into anything, in archeological sites. The Visitor from the listings of companies, tour operators traditional Inuit games, dogsledding com- about Nunavut is also available on these the country and provides phone numbers to Qikiqtaaluk Region (867) 979-5391 Centre in the nearest community will advise and outfitters to get more detailed information petitions, snowmobile races and community websites: www.nunavuttourism.com and reach an agent for more specific information. Kivalliq Region (867) 645-2810 you of the best places to make camp and 44 45

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Spectacular ice crystals hang in a sub-glacial cave. Below, Inuit A photographer captures wildflowers in Cape Dorset. children play with a puppy, while a camper enjoys the morning view. Photo by Lee Narraway Photo by John Dunn/Arctic Light/National Geographic Stock

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important places to be careful of. Please do the Parks Canada website (www.parkscanada.ca) Nunavut, so if you suspect that you have gear, top and bottom, is desirable. For hiking land animals, birds, marine mammals and not litter. Place garbage into proper camp- read their excellent ‘Keep the Wildlife Wild’ entered one, treat it carefully and please, on rocky trails, or across the tundra, good fish from Nunavut. Be aware of all the import Liquor enforcement ground receptacles, or pack it out. It is pages. It is highly recommended that you also do not camp there. quality footwear with ankle support is best. regulations of your home country before by community recommended that you do your cooking on a request and read the bear safety brochures – Some summer days can be warm in the land buying any animal products in Nunavut. Some Restricted No Alcohol camping stove, rather than by campfire. Be ‘Safety in Polar Bear Country’ and ‘Safety in Clothing of the midnight sun, so be prepared with lay- countries, including USA and much of Europe, amounts available Alcohol available extremely careful wherever you make a fire. Grizzly and Black Bear Country’ – which are When you are properly dressed for the arctic, ers of clothing. The average temperature in have severe restrictions on marine mammal Arctic Bay Arviat Bathurst Inlet Use fire pits if they are available, or build it available from Visitor Centres and from Parks in multiple layers, you will enjoy yourself Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, ranges products like sealskin and ivory, including arts Baker Lake Coral Harbour Grise Fiord on rock or sand – never on moss or tundra, and Wildlife Officers in Nunavut communities. immensely. Except for the short summer from -33°C (-27°F) in January to 11°C and crafts made from these materials. Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven Iqaluit which can continue burning indefinitely If you experience a bear problem, report it season in Nunavut – which can be equivalent (52°F) in July. under the surface. To report a tundra fire, immediately to the nearest Parks Officer, or to cool spring or fall conditions in most of Alcohol Cape Dorset Kugaaruk Rankin Inlet call the nearest RCMP detachment. to the Nunavut Department of Environment. southern Canada, northern USA and Europe Export Permits Restrictions on importing and consuming Chesterfield Inlet Pangnirtung Taloyoak Travelling with an experienced local guide is – the rest of the year requires warm, Export permits are required for the removal alcohol in Nunavut are determined by the Clyde River Sanikiluaq Kugluktuk Bears the best and safest way to avoid problems with insulated clothing. For the coldest months, of any animal part from Nunavut, including local plebiscite. Rules vary between Hall Beach Whale Cove Polar bears and barren land grizzly bears are bears. snowmobile boots are vital, also a down-filled frozen wild meats purchased from a store. communities. Possession of alcohol is Igloolik Kimmirut extremely dangerous animals. They are attracted parka with hood, windproof outer pants, plus For more information, contact the Nunavut prohibited in some places and restricted in Pond Inlet to trails of garbage and poor camping Archeological Sites mittens and a warm hat. Bring sunblock Department of Environment at (867) 975-5900. others. Check with the RCMP, your Qikiqtarjuaq practices. On the Nunavut Parks website It is illegal to disturb any archeological site – cream and good quality sunglasses, with UV Ask for the pamphlet entitled ‘Are You outfitter, or hotel for the rules. Don’t leave Repulse Bay (www.nunavutparks.com) read about ‘Polar and a federal offence to remove artifacts. protection. For the summertime, especially Exporting Wildlife from Nunavut?’ which leftover alcohol behind. Trading alcohol For more information please visit Resolute Bay http://www.finance.gov.nu.ca/ Bear Safety’ on the Visitor Centre menu. On Few archeological sites are marked in near the seashore, a set of breathable rain explains the correct procedures for exporting for anything is illegal. 46 47

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Calling Cards are available at various stores. ExploreEEpExpxpppllloloroorrree thetthhhAhe ArcticAArrrccctttiiicc withwwiiittthhhG GreatGGrrreeeaaatt CanadiansCCaaannnaaadddi Some remote communities and wilderness lodges in Nunavut offer HF radio or satellite VoyagesVVoooyyyaaagges aboardaabbooaaarrrdd thethe phone service. Mobile phone service is $MJQQFS"EWFOUVSFS$$MMJJQQQQQQFFFSS""EEWWFFFOOUUVVVSSSFFFSS +VMZ4FQUFNCFS  +VMMZZ  4FQUFNCFSS  available in select communities. Bell Canada is the satellite service provider. International mobile phones won’t work unless linked to Bell Canada. The area code for all parts of Nunavut is 867.

Postal Service Mail, including packages, will arrive to you in any Nunavut community. Allow three to four weeks for it to arrive. Address it to your MargaretMargaret AtwoodAtwood RobertRobert McGheeMcGhee PakakPakak InnukshukInnukshuk Ken McGooganMcGoogan BillBill LishmanLishmman AajuAaju Peter name, c/o General Delivery, with the AuthorAuthor ArchaeologistArrcchaeologist ActorActor / DirectorDirector AuthorAuthor SSculptorculptor / InventorInventor CCulturalistulturalist community name and postal code. Label the letter or package as ‘Hold for Pickup’ and indicate your expected arrival date. In most communities, the Post Office is located at the local Co-op or Northern Store. Hours vary from community to community. For more information about receiving mail in Nunavut, visit the Canada Post website Find yourself in Nunavut. (www.canadapost.ca) or contact them at Photo by Bob Mesher 1-888-550-6333.

Time Zones Medical Emergencies Short-term policies to cover medical Nunavut has three time zones. The Qikiq- If you need medical attention when visiting emergencies and related ambulance or air taaluk region, except for Resolute, operates on Nunavut, ask at your hotel, or look in the transport costs are available through most Eastern Standard Time. Kivalliq, plus most of phone book under Health Centre. Iqaluit has travel agents, but usually these plans must Kitikmeot, is on Central Standard Time. The © Andrew Stewart, 2009 a very well equipped hospital and all smaller be purchased before your departure date. westernmost part of Kitikmeot, from Cam- communities have Health Centres staffed by Non-Canadians are encouraged to obtain bridge Bay westward, operates on Mountain specially trained nurses. The regional centres proper medical insurance before leaving Standard Time. of Cambridge Bay and Rankin Inlet have home. If you neglect to do so beforehand, community doctors. There are dentists in medical coverage for non-Canadians can be Tourist Deposit Assurance Program some communities. purchased through Nunavut Insurance Brokers. Most tourism operators in Nunavut will Air ambulance (Medevac) services, when require a deposit when you make your required, will be arranged by the local Health Money booking. If a licensed operator fails to deliver Centre or hospital. The Nunavut Health Care You will find a bank branch, ATM, or your trip, or cancels it without returning your Plan does not cover the cost of ground, marine, banking service at the local Co-op or full deposit amount, your money is protected or air ambulance service for non-residents. Northern Store in nearly every community under the Tourist Deposit Assurance Program. Visitors will be billed for these costs, which of Nunavut. VISA is the most widely This is not a guarantee of quality, but you can can be expensive, but may be covered by accepted credit card, although other cards claim back your deposit money – all of it, at your personal insurance. Check the terms of may be honoured too. Most stores have no cost to you – if the tour is cancelled or your medical coverage before leaving home. Interac (bank card) service. Bring along some fails to happen. For more information about If you are a Canadian citizen requiring Canadian currency, especially if you are this service, contact us at Nunavut Tourism © Mike Beedell, 2009 © Daniel J. Catt, 2009 medical services in Nunavut, then present arriving on a Sunday as stores and banks may (1-866-686-2888) and we will put you in your provincial or territorial health plan be closed. If you are visiting from outside touch with the proper authorities. ForFor overover 2020 years,years, AdventureAdventure CanadaCanada hashas beenbeen offeringofffffeering comfortable,comffoortable ,small-shipsmall-ship andand small-small- identification card at the Health Centre or Canada, it is best to change your currency at hospital. Most costs will be covered and home, or in Canada before arriving in Once you have come to Nunavut and experienced groupgroup expeditionsexpeditions toto thethe farffaar reachesreaches ofof CanadaCanada andand the the world. world. Join Join our our top-notch toop-notch lecturers, lecturers, billed directly to your own health plan, or Nunavut. Airports in southern Canadian our hospitality, our food, our land, our sea, our authors,authors, musiciansmusicians andand scientists scientists aboard aboard the the 118-passenger 118-passenge rClipperClippe r you can claim the expenses back later, usually cities offer foreign exchange services. culture, after you have seen some of our magnificent AdventurerAdventturreer within six months. wildlife and have done all the unforgettable, onon oneone ofof our our award-winning award-winning expeditions expedittions to to Nunavut Nunavut If you are not Canadian, then you should Telephone Service adventurous things you dreamed of doing here, andand experienceexperience somesome ofof thethe thethe world’s world s best best art, art, culture, culture, landscapes landscapes check with your private, national or state Telephone service is direct dial in every you may wish to say ‘angirraliqtunga’ to your health insurance provider before leaving community of Nunavut. In the smaller newfound friends – I am going home. Or, you andand wildlife.wildlife. home as to exactly what coverage will be communities, pay phones are limited to a few might decide to stay a while longer. We would There’sTheere s no substitutesubstitute forfor experience.experience.e 2020 afforded to you when travelling abroad. locations. Check at your hotel. Prepaid love that! YEARSYYEEEAARS www.adventurecanada.comwwww..addventurecaanada.com -- 1-800-363-1-800-363-75667 SinceSSiince 1988 1988 48

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Accomodations Auyuittuq Lodge, Inns North Elu Inlet Lodge Ltd. PO Box 53, Pangnirtung, NU, X0A 0R0 Luke Coady Accommodations By The Sea Tel: (867) 473-8955 PO Box 93, Cambridge Bay, Eric Leuthold Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH NU, XOB OCO PO Box 2338, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Fax: (867) 473-8611 Toll Free: 1-800-663-9832 Tel: (867) 979-6074 AuyuittuqLodge.InnsNorth@ArcticCo- Fax: (867) 983-2925 Fax: (867) 979-6256 op.com [email protected] [email protected] www.innsnorth.com/html/inns-acc-nun- www.elulodge.com www.accommodationsbythesea.ca pangnirtung.html The Auyuittuq Lodge is a 22 room, 36 beds Frobisher Inn Amaulik Hotel, Inns North Hotel which features: conference facilities, coffee Carlos Montenegro Blg 829, Sanikiluaq, NU, X0A 0W0 service, cable television, complimentary airport PO Box 4209, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Tel: (867) 266-8821 shuttle service, $225 per person, Fine cuisine, Tel: (867) 979-2222 Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH the best table on Baffin Island, catering, do-it Toll Free: 1-877-422-9422 Fax: (867) 266-8727 yourself laundry. Fax: (867) 979-0427 [email protected] [email protected] www.mitiq.com Bathurst Inlet Lodge www.frobisherinn.com Accommodates 28 in 14 double rooms with pri- Boyd Warner Frobisher Inn boasts simplified elegance, service vate baths; 8 are in 4 doubles with shared baths. PO Box 820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N6 and attention to detail, and the latest features Cable TV, AT, laundry, business support, meeting Tel: (867) 873-2595 and amenities with 95 Standard, deluxe and ex- room and dining room, catering, local tours. Fax: (867) 920-4263 ecutive suites. Coffee makers, wireless Internet, $204.95/night, meals extra. VISA, MC, [email protected] voice mail, room service, dining room, lobby bar enRoute, AmEx, Interac. www.bathurstinletlodge.com café and deli, sport bar lounge, banquet facilities, on site movie theatre, drugstore, interact ma- Amundsen Hotel, Inns North Capital Suites chine, movie rental store, sport shop. PO Box 120, Gjoa Haven, NU, X0B 1J0 Sanjay Uppal Tel: (867) 360-6176 PO Box 2510, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Gjoa Haven Bed & Breakfast Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Tel: (867) 975-4000 Charlie Cahill Fax: (867) 360-6383 Toll Free: 1-877-669-9444 PO Box 115, Gjoa Haven, NU, X0B 1J0 [email protected] Fax: (867) 975-4070 Tel: (867) 360-6272 www.gjoahaven.com [email protected] Fax: (867) 360-7011 Accommodates 36 in 18 rooms; also 4 suites with www.capitalsuites.ca [email protected] kitchenettes. SA, PB, TV, dining room, coffee Located in downtown Iqaluit and minutes from www.huskydog.com shop, conference facilities, catering, AT, laundry. the airport, Capital Suites is the first choice in From $204.95/person/night. VISA, MC, accommodations for business and leisure travel- enRoute, Interac. ers. Capital Suites boasts fully-furnished one- bedroom executive suites with full kitchens, free Arctic Islands Lodge, Inns North high-speed Internet, and all the comforts of Angela Butt home. Come experience our signature 'Aurora PO Box 38, Cambridge Bay, NU, X0E 0C0 Beds', and true Northern hospitality at the Tel: (867) 983-2345 Capital Suites! Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Fax: (867) 983-2480 Discovery Lodge Hotel [email protected] John Jacobsen www.cambridgebayhotel.com PO Box 387, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Located on the famous Northwest Passage, north Tel: (867) 979-4433 of the Arctic Circle on Victoria Island. Luxurious Fax: (867) 979-6591 accommodations, PB, clock/radio, telephone, [email protected] cable, on-site staff, VIP suite, and dining room. www.discoverylodge.com Incredible variety of northern wildlife and flora to photograph. Guide service available with ad- vance reservations. VISA, MC, AmEx, Diner’s Club/Enroute and Interac welcome. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge 1

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Green Row Executive Suites Iglu Hotel, Inns North Kimik Hotel, Inns North Nueltin Fly-In Lodges Ltd. Accommodates 40 people in 20 rooms. SA, PB, Sauniq Hotel, Inns North Angela Ferguson PO Box 179, Baker Lake, NU, X0C 0A0 PO Box 69, Kimmirut, NU, X0A 0N0 Shawn Gurke S/NS rooms, cable TV, radio, laundry facilities, Pond Inlet, NU, X0A 0S0 10 Omingmak St, Cambridge Bay, Tel: (867) 793-2801 Tel: (867) 939-2093 PO Box 500, Alonsa, MB, R0H 0A0 dining room and banquet facilities, guest lounge, Tel: (867) 899-5100 NU, X0B 0C0 Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Tel: (204) 767-2330 pool table, AT. $204.95/person/night. VISA, Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Tel: (867) 983-3456 Fax: (867) 793-2594 Fax: (867) 939-2005 Toll Free: 1-800-361-7177 MC, AmEx, enRoute, Interac. Fax: (867) 899-8770 Fax: (867) 983-3444 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: (867) 767-2331 [email protected] [email protected] www.bakerlakehotel.com www.kimmirut.com [email protected] Qausuittuq Hotel, Inns North www.pondtours.ca 1 & 2 Bedroom suites offering you the same com- Accommodates 16 in 8 rooms. SA, PB, www.nueltin.com PO Box 270, Resolute Bay, NU, X0A 0V0 Accommodate 40 in 20 double rooms, SA, SB, forts of Home! Fully equipped kitchen, modern Inukshuk Inn, Inns North in-room TV, dining room, AT, laundry. Five lodges and nine outpost camps to choose from Tel: (867) 252-3854 PB, TV, laundry facilities, business support, gift living room, 42" flatscreen TV's w/satellite, PO Box 118, Kugaaruk, NU, X0E 1K0 From $204.95/person/night. MC, AmEx, along Manitoba/Nunavut border: Nueltin Nar- Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH shop, AT, dining room, banquet facilities, confer- washer/dryers, free internet/local calls/gym Tel: (867) 769-6231 enRoute, VISA, Interac. rows Camp, on Nueltin lake, 10 guests; Shannon Fax: (867) 252-3618 ence rates. $204.94/person/night. VISA, MC, access, free shuttle service to/from airport. All Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Lake Camp, 8 guests; Kasmere Lake Camp, 10 [email protected] AmEx, enRoute, Interac. amenities within walking distance. Vehicle Fax: (867) 769-6098 Leelie Lodge guests; and Treeline Lodge, 24 guests. www.resolutebay.com rentals upon request. Call (867) 983-3456 [email protected] Leslie and Tia Nukiwuak All-inclusive packages with direct flight from Fully modern new hotel: 28 people in 13 rooms. Siniktarvik Hotel & Conference Centre, for reservations. www.inukshukinn.com PO Box 88, Qikiqtarjuaq, NU, X0A 0B0 Winnipeg, MB to our private airstrip. Mid- PB, phone, cable TV, Internet. Transportation Inns North Tel: (867) 927-8002 June thru late August. provided, restaurant/ dining room, meeting Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0 Hall Beach Hotel, Inns North Kasba Lake Lodge Ltd. Toll Free: 1-866-341-4441 room, catering, gift shop. Views of bay/ North- Tel: (867) 645-2807 Hall Beach, NU, X0A 0K0 Robert Hill Fax: (867) 927-8003 Nunamiut Company Ltd. / Nunamiut west Passage. Library of Arctic books/videos. Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Tel: (867) 928-8876 PO Box 96, Parksville, B.C, V9P 2G3 [email protected] Lodge Town tours. Expedition base camp space. Vehicles Fax: (867) 645-2280 Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Tel: (250) 248-3572 www.leelieenterprises.ca Betty N. Hughson available. All major credit cards accepted. [email protected] Fax: (867) 928-8926 Toll Free: 1-800-663-8641 PO Box 403, Baker Lake, NU, X0C 0A0 www.innsnorth.com [email protected] [email protected] Leonie's Place Tel: (867) 793-2512 Rannva’s B&B The Siniktarvik Hotel and Conference Center is www.hallbeach.com www.kasba.com Leonie Duffy Fax: (867) 793-2505 Rannva E. Simonsen a modern 50-room facility. Accommodates 18 in 9 rooms, SA, PB, TV. Located in southern Nunavut/NWT specializing PO Box 123, Coral Harbour, NU, X0C 0C0 Non-smoking, 4-season, 100% Inuit-owned PO Box 2184, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Located on-site are: full menu-service restaurant, Dining room, canteen, local print shop, laundry, in triple-trophy, catch and release fishing for Tel: (867) 925-9751 lodge. Accommodates 21 in 17 beautifully ap- Tel: (867) 979-3183 four fully equipped conference rooms, banquet AT. The 2009 rates are $225.00 per person per Northern Pike, Arctic Grayling and Lake Trout. Fax: (867) 925-8606 pointed rooms with PB, TV, radio. Conference Fax: (867) 979-3184 services and licensed guest lounge. Catering, both night, excluding meals. VISA, MC, AmEx, Accommodates 40 guests comfortably in fully [email protected] room and banquet facilities, copier, fax, gift shop. [email protected] on and off site, is available. All rooms offer enRoute, Interac accepted. modern cabins. American Plan, guides, boats, Accommodates 12 in 6 rooms, shared accommo- Quality customer service oriented to small The Old Nursing Station renovated in contem- private bathroom, telephone, wireless Internet, motors, fuel and tackle rental.Direct charter dations, private bath, common room with TV, groups. Solarium dining room with beautiful porary Scandinavian design whit comfort and cable TV and coffeemaker. High Arctic Lodge from Winnipeg to private airstrip.Outpost-camp books, and couches. Non-smoking. Rates include lake view. Strong Inuit involvement, with or- home-feeling and a breathtaking view. Beauti- Fred Hamilton on . Late June-mid August. Consult meals. Winner of Nunavut Tourism's 2009 ganized packages and educational exposure to fully by the tundra overlooking Apex river and Tangmavik Hotel, Inns North PO Box 280, Penticton, BC, V2A 6J9 website for pricing. Hans Aronsen Bursary for Excellence in traditional Inuit culture. Frobisher Bay. 3 rooms with shared bathroom. PO Box 500, Chesterfield Inlet, Tel: (250) 497-2000 Entrepreneurship. Fireside lounge, balcony, high-speed wireless NU, X0C 0B0 Toll Free: 1-800-661-3880 Katimavik Suites & Conference Centre Nunattaq Suites Internet. Laundry available. $150+gst/room. Tel: (867) 898-9075 Fax: (250) 497-2001 Ryan St.John Naujat Hotel, Inns North Julie Beauchesne Breakfast included. For those who like being Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH [email protected] PO Box 420, Arviat, NU, X0C 0E0 PO Box 70, Repulse Bay, NU, X0C 0H0 PO Box 846, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 close to nature. Fax: (867) 898-9056 www.higharctic.com Tel: (867) 857-2752 Tel: (867) 462-4304 Tel: (867) 979-2221 [email protected] Fax: (867) 857-2972 Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH [email protected] Raven Accommodations www.chesterfieldinlet.com Igloolik Inn, Inns North [email protected] Fax: (867) 462-4152 Beautiful Bed & Breakfast in the lake subdivi- Ericka Chemko Accommodates 12 in 6 rooms. SA, PB, TV, laun- PO Box 120, Igloolik, NU, X0A 0L0 www.katimaviksuites.com [email protected] sion. Accommodations available in four splendid PO Box 11097, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 1H0 dry facilities, dining room (limited service), AT, Tel: (867) 934-8950 www.repulsebayhotel.com bedrooms with a queen size bed, private bath- Tel: (867) 975-2617 catering, laundry. $204.95/person/night. VISA, Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH Accommodates 28 in 15 rooms, PB, SA. Near room, cable TV. phone, wireless Internet, break- [email protected] MC, enRoute, AmEx. Fax: (867) 934-8740 airport and the ocean. TV lounge, dining room, fast, kitchen & living room available to guests Raven Accommodations provides self-catering [email protected] coffee shop, laundry, business support. and a spectacular view! $150.00 Room/Night. accommodation to more independent travelers www.innsnorth.com $204.95/person/night VISA, MS, enRoute, All credit cards accepted. who like to have a homey-feeling stay. It is a The hotel can accommodate 20 persons in AmEx, Interac. two-bedroom suite with a full bathroom, living 14 rooms which includes 2 deluxe room. Inn, Inns North room (with digital cable) and a fully-equipped $204.95/person/night. VISA, MC, AmEx, PO Box 190, Arviat, NU, X0C 0E0 kitchen. Included is the use of a laundry room, a enRoute, Interac. Tel: (867) 857-2919 local phone and wireless internet. Taxis quickly Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH serve this part of town. Fax: (867) 857-2989 [email protected] www.arviathotel.com

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Tavanni Hotel, Inns North Internet. Conference facilities and services are Arctic Closet Calm Air International Ltd. First Air Ivalu Ltd. PO Box 60, Whale Cove, NU, X0C 0J0 available. Full menu-service Restaurant featur- Jorgan Aitaok Karen Yip Betty Ann Eaton Vicky Pilakapsi Tel: (867) 896-9956 ing traditional and Canadian cuisine. PO Box 1194, Cambridge Bay, PO Box 327, Baker Lake, NU, X0C 0A0 PO Box 477, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 PO Box 599, Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0 Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH NU, X0B 0C0 Tel: (867) 793-2890 Toll Free: 1-800-267-1247 Tel: (867) 645-3400 Fax: (867) 896-9087 Tel:(867) 983-2555 Toll Free: 1-800-839-2256 Fax: (867) 975-1059 Fax: (867) 645-2115 [email protected] Services & Related Businesses Fax:(867) 983-2108 Fax: (867) 793-2873 [email protected] [email protected] www.whalecovehotel.com [email protected] [email protected] www.firstair.ca www.ndcorp.nu.ca Accommodates 12 in 6 rooms with PB, TV. Aboriginal Adventures Canada The Arctic Closet offers a cozy friendly environ- www.calmair.com Scheduled, cargo and charter passenger flights to Dining room, laundry services, arts/crafts, retail Tom Sewid ment to shop for locally made carvings, crafts and and within the NWT, Nunavut and Nunavik. Jessie Oonark Ltd store. $204.95/person/night. All major credit 994 Bluebird Place, Qualicum Beach, BC, art. We specialize in Inukshuk and musk ox- Canadian North Main gateways: Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, David Ford cards accepted. V9K 1M7 themed products that are locally and Canadian Eva Onalik Winnipeg, Iqaluit and Yellowknife. 26 destina- PO Box 280, Baker Lake, NU, X0C 0A0 Tel: (250) 203-1338 made. Bring her back one of our Aurora Cana- PO Box 70, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 tions in the North with over 20 aircraft. All Tel: (867) 793-2428 Tukto Lodge (NWT) - Dubawnt Camps Fax: (250) 752-6737 dian Diamonds and she will let you come north Toll Free: 1-800-661-1505 scheduled First Air flights earn Aeroplan points. Fax: (867) 793-2429 Ltd. [email protected] again! Come into the Closet in Cambridge Bay!) [email protected] Charter air service also available worldwide. [email protected] Robert Huitikka www.aboriginaladventurescanada.com www.canadiannorth.com www.ndcorp.nu.ca PO Box 249, Nestor Falls, ON, P0X 1K0 A company dedicated to gaining more recognition Arctic Ventures 2000 Ltd Canadian North is 50% owned by Nunavut and Hamlet of Gjoa Haven Tel: (807) 484-2512 for aboriginal tourism operators, aboriginal serv- John Bens is a full service airline offering daily scheduled Roger Stuckless Kellett Communicaions Toll Free: 1-800-760-0924 ice or product suppliers to the industry, as well as PO Box 670, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 passenger flights, cargo and charter services. For PO Box 200, Gjoa Haven, NU, X0B 1J0 William Kellett Fax: (807) 227-5473 supporting the non-aboriginal tourism operations Tel: (867) 979-4252 assistance please contact 403 979 7407 or for Tel: (867) 360-6186 PO Box 1027, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7 [email protected] that support us in the industry that betters many Fax: (867) 979-4207 passenger reservations and information contact Fax: (867) 360-6163 Tel: (867)669-9344 www.arcticfishing.com aboriginal communities. [email protected] 800 661-1505, cargo 866 663-2223 and [email protected] [email protected] Full American Plan lodge on Dubawnt River [email protected] charger 403 705-3118. www.kellett.nt.ca watershed south of Thelon Game Sanctuary. Alianait Entertainment Group Arctic Ventures offers unique gifts and souvenir Inns North Hotels Fully-guided fishing: trophy lake trout and Arc- Heather Daley ideas from seal skin back packs to local handmade Carvings Nunavut Inc. Michael Hart Kemp, Kinnear & Long Consulting tic grayling. Accommodates 12 guests in modern, PO Box 568, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 jewellery and carvings, souvenir hats and tees Allan Mullin 1645 Inkster Blvd., Cheri Kemp-Long comfortable cabins, with showers, dining room Tel: (867) 979-6468 and plush bears you’ll only find at Ventures. We PO Box 1352, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Winnipeg, MB, R2X 2W7 PO Box 2151, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 lounge. Aircraft based at lodge. Fly-out fishing, Fax: (867) 979-1487 also carry the largest selection of northern books Tel: (867) 979-0650 Tel: (204) 697-1625 Tel: (867) 979-0735 outpost camp. Packages from Winnipeg, July 15- [email protected] in Nunavut. Fax: (867) 979-0045 Toll Free: 1-800-787-0559 Fax: (867) 979-0735 Aug 27. brochure. www.alianait.ca [email protected] Fax: (204) 697-1880 [email protected] Alianait Entertainment Group is a non-profit Baffin Business Development Corp [email protected] Tulugak Hotel, Inns North organization established in 2005 and is known Sarah Maniapik City of Iqaluit www.InnsNorth.com PO Box 8, Qikiqtarjuaq, NU, X0A 0B0 for high quality, reasonably priced festivals, PO Box 1480, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Joamie Eegeesiak Tel: (867) 927-8061 concerts and community events featuring Inuit Tel: (867) 979-1303 PO Box 460, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Iqaluit Fine Arts Studio Gallery Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH culture. The Alianait Arts Festival is an 11-day Toll Free: 1-800-263-2232 Tel: (867) 979-5611 Helen Webster Fax: (867) 927-8061 showcase of the arts, featuring music, theatre, Fax: (867) 979-1508 Fax: (867) 979-5922 1127 Mivvik Rd, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 [email protected] film, storytelling, circus, dance and visual artists [email protected] Tel: (867) 979-5578 www.qikiqtarjuaq.com from Nunavut, Canada and the world. The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca Fax: (867) 979-1103 Accommodates 18 in 9 rooms, SA, PB, TV, Festival starts on National Aboriginal Day, Sadie Vincent Wolfe [email protected] coffee shop, AT, dining room, catering. From June 21, and ends on Canada Day, July 1 and PO Box 59, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 DataPath Systems Iqaluit Fine Arts Studio Gallery features major $204.95/night, plus meals. VISA, MC, AmEx, in 5 years has evolved into the hottest, coolest Tel: (867) 979-4654 Donna Larsen and emerging Inuit artists from Nunavut com- Interac. event at the top of the world! Check out our Toll Free: 1-877-893-8475 PO Box 2180, Marsh Lake, YT, Y0B 1Y2 munities and other artists. This fine art includes website for more information on this exciting [email protected] Tel: (867) 660-4600 sculptures, prints, paintings, jewellery and wall- Turaarvik, Inns North northern Festival at www.alianait.ca. www.baffinchamber.ca Fax: 867-660-5244 hangings. Also features shows and exhibits with Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0 We are a Chamber of Commerce, making Com- [email protected] Arctic themes. Open Mon-Sat 11.00 a.m. Tel: (867) 645-4955 merce happen through growth and attraction. http://www.datapathsystems.net - 5.00 p.m. seasonal. Toll Free: 1-888-TO-NORTH The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce Fax: (867) 645-4956 works for a healthy economic climate of good jobs, [email protected] capital creation, and honest, efficient Govern- www.rankininlethotel.com ment. Our strength lies in the number and The Turaarvik InnsNorth Hotel offers 22 rooms diversity of our membership. including: Kitchenette suites, Double suites and Twin rooms. All rooms offer private bathrooms, telephone, coffeemaker, cable TV and wireless

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Tourism Operators, Activities Accommodations Services Activities Accommodations Services Outfitters & Related Businesses Arts & Culture Birding Boating Camping/Hiking Canoeing/Kayaking Cruises Dogsledding Fishing Floe Edge Hunting Parks Snowmobiling Wilderness Lodges Wildlife Bed & Breakfast Hotel/Inn Hunting/Fishing Lodge Shopping – Arts & Crafts Transportation Information Visitor MEMBERS Arts & Culture Birding Boating Camping/Hiking Canoeing/Kayaking Cruises Dogsledding Fishing Floe Edge Hunting Parks Snowmobiling Wilderness Lodges Wildlife Bed & Breakfast Hotel/Inn Hunting/Fishing Lodge Shopping – Arts & Crafts Transportation Information Visitor Aboriginal Adventures Canada    Tavanni Hotel, Inns North  Adventure Canada      The Great Canadian Travel Company     Alivaktuk Outfitting        Top of the World Travel   Allen Island Outfitting          True North Outfitting Service     Amaulik Hotel, Inns North  Tukto Lodge      Amundsen Hotel, Inns North   Tulugak Hotel, Inns North  Arctic Closet   Turaarvik, Inns North  Arctic Coast Regional Visitor Centre   Unikkaarvik Regional Visitors Centre  Arctic Islands Lodge, Inns North  Unainuk Tours      Arctic Kingdom Marine Expeditions, Inc.       Arctic Ventures 2000 Ltd.   NON-MEMBERS Auyuittuq Lodge, Inns North  Accommodations By The Sea  Blackfeather - The Wilderness Adventure Company      Adventure Northwest Canada North Outfitting Inc.    Arctic Odysseys          Canadian Arctic Holidays-Arctic Watch       Aurora Manor  Canadian North  B&J Fly Fishing Adventures   Canoe Arctic Inc.      Bathurst Inlet Lodge    Capital Suites  Boothia Inn  Cruise North Expeditions Inc.        Calm Air International Ltd.  Dorset Suites   Carvings Nunavut   Explorers’ Corner Inc.   Central Arctic Ventures      First Air        Department of Environment - Territorial Parks  Frobisher Inn  Discovery Lodge Hotel  Frontiers North Adventures     Elu Inlet Lodge Ltd.         Green Row Executive Suites Freedom ONE Inc.       Hakongak Outfitting    Gjoa Haven Bed & Breakfast  Hall Beach Hotel, Inns North  Great Canadian Wilderness Adventures     Haogak Outfitting   Henik Lake Adventures Ltd.   Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten (Cruises)  High Arctic Lodge (High Arctic Sportfishing Camps Ltd)        Huit Huit Tours Ltd.        I.D.S. Outfitting Ltd.       Igloolik Inn, Inns North  Ikaluktutiak Co-operative  Iglu Hotel, Inns North  Inuksuk Adventures Ltd.     Inuarak Outfitting           Ivalu Ltd.   Inukshuk Inn, Inns North  Jessie Oonark Ltd.   Iqaluit Fine Arts Studio Gallery   Katimavik Suites & Conference Centre  Kasba Lake Lodge    Leelie Lodge    Kiluk Ltd.   Lindblad Expeditions    Kimik Hotel, Inns North  Nahanni River Adventures Ltd. & Canadian River Expeditions    Kivalliq Regional Visitor Centre  Nanuk Outfitting Ltd.  Leonie’s Place   National Outdoor Leadership School   Naujat Hotel, Inns North  Northwest Territories Tourism Northwest Passage Expedition Tours              Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum  Nueltin Fly-In Lodges Ltd.    Odyssée Nunavut    Nunamiut Lodge       Polynya Adventure & Coordination Ltd. Nunattaq Suites  Qairrulik Outfitting Ltd. Nunavut Experience Outfitting Services        Qaqasiq Outfitting Padlei Inn, Inns North   Quark Expeditions   Parks Canada     Qumuatuq Tours and Outfitting   Plummer's Lodge/ Great Bear Lake Lodge Ltd.       Sunrise Expeditions International  Polar Sea Adventures        Tagak Outfitting Qausuittuq Hotel, Inns North        Taluq Designs Ltd. Rannva Bed and Breakfast    The Great Canadian Adventure Company  Rannva Design         Ullivik Outfitting    Raven Accommodations       Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts Sauniq Hotel, Inns North   Webb Outfitting   Siniktarvik Hotel & Conference Centre, Inns North  Windigo Aventure Inc.   Students On Ice Expeditions    Tangmavik Hotel, Inns North 

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Kiluk Ltd. Parks Canada - Nunavut Field Unit Top Of The World Travel Allen Island Outfitting Canoeing, sea kayaking and hiking trips to Arctic's first and most experienced canoeing Sherlyn Kadjuk Pauline Scott Marie Fortier Joseph Hess Canada's North and Greenland. Hike Ellesmere, guide. Our 36th year. Visit our website to see our PO Box 366, Arviat, NU, X0C 0E0 PO Box 278, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 PO Box 2229, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 PO Box 207, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Baffin and Devon Islands. Auyuittuq & Qut- video, 100 photos and 38 page colour brochure. Tel: (867) 857-2713 Tel: (867) 975-4687 Tel: (867) 979-8686 Tel: (867) 979-0107 tinirpaaq National Parks. Canoe the Hood, Cop- Fax: (867) 857-2714 Fax: (867) 975-4673 Toll Free: 1-800-837-8922 Fax: (867) 979-0107 permine, Nahanni, Mountain Rivers and Kayak Cruise North Expeditions Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-8687 [email protected] the waters of Pond Inlet and Ellesmere. Fully Jillian Dickens www.ndcrop.nu.ca www.parkscanada.gc.ca [email protected] Allen Island Outfitting offers Boat tours around outfitted with excellent equipment, delicious 200-111 Peter St, Toronto, ON, M5V 2H1 With a unique Northern Flair, Kiluk produces a Dare to explore where relatively few visitors trek www.topoftheworldtravel.com the Frobisher Bay area and to the Territorial meals. Experienced, licensed guides, small groups. Tel: (416) 789-3752 fabulous line of sealskin product including: mitts, each year – to the far reaches of Canada’s arctic. Park, (Qiamarviak) Outstanding Wilderness Adventures since 1971. Toll Free: 1-866-263-3220 jackets, vests and accessory garments made from Discover the protected ecosystems of the rugged Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts Fax: (416) 789-1974 Nunavut Ring Seals. They offer a variety of local north, and celebrate the establishment of some of Kyra V. Fisher Arctic Kingdom Marine Expeditions Canada North Outfitting Inc. [email protected] crafted art work including: wall hangings, hand the newest national parks in Canada. PO Box 453, Pangnirtung, NU, X0A 0R0 Graham Dickson Jerome Knap www.cruisenorthexpeditions.com made jewelry, both caribou antler and soap stone Tel: (867) 473 8669 #402, 3335 Yonge Street, PO Box 340, 72 Mill Street, Inuit-owned and operated Cruise North Expedi- carvings. Rannva Design [email protected] Toronto, ON, M4N 2M1 Almonte, ON, K0A 1A0 tions travels exclusively to Canada’s Eastern Arc- Rannva E. Simonsen www.uqqurmiut.com Tel: (416) 322-7066 Tel: (613) 256-4057 tic and Greenland. Visit remote, traditional Northwest Territories Tourism PO Box 2184, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Fax: (416) 887-0529 Fax: (613) 256-4512 villages and explore exotic lands; Zodiac among Elena A Allen-Lukawiecki Tel: (867) 979-3183 Outfitters and Operators [email protected] [email protected] icebergs, polar bears, walrus and whales. Voted PO Box 610, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N5 Fax: (867) 979-3184 www.arctickingdom.com The oldest operating company in Nunavut offer- among the Best Adventure Travel Companies on Tel: (867) 873-5007 [email protected] Adventure Canada Arctic Kingdom leads expeditions with photogra- ing polar bear, muskox, caribou, barren-ground Earth by National Geographic. Packages include Fax: (867) 873-4059 www.rannva.com Clayton Anderson phers, filmmakers and tourists to see Arctic grizzly, walrus hunts in many communities shore excursions, zodiac cruises, meals and accom- Celebrating Arctic climate with style. 14 Front Street S., Mississauga, ON, Marine Life, Bowheads, Narwhals, Belugas, across the Arctic. modations. Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum Rannva is Architect/Designer with a passion for L5H 2C4 Polar Bears, and Walrus. Adventure sports like Brian Lunger high quality fur clothing. Rannvá's work is Tel: (905) 271-4000 scuba diving and snorkeling, ice climbing, kayak- Canadian Arctic Holidays Ltd. - Arctic Explorer's Corner PO Box 1900, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 widely distributed throughout Canada and glob- Toll Free: 1-800-363-7566 ing and snowmobiling are our passion. We Watch Jane Whitney Tel: (867) 979-5537 ally. Rannvá Designs is located at the Old Nurs- Fax: (905) 271-5595 specialize in logistics for film crews, scientists, Richard Weber PO Box 8576, Canmore, AB, T1W 2V3 Fax: (867) 979-4533 ing Station, 3102 Angel Street, Apex/Iqaluit. [email protected] and private expeditions. 363 Pritchard Road, Alcove, QC, J0X 1A0 Tel: (403) 678-3052 [email protected] This is where the fashions are designed. Employ- www.adventurecanada.com Tel: (819) 459-1794 Fax: (403) 678-3052 ing local labour. For the past 20 years, Adventure Canada has Arctic Odysseys [email protected] [email protected] Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association specialized in small ship expeditionary cruising in Robin Duberow Arctic Watch is the world’s most northerly fly-in www.explorerscorner.com Rowena House Southeast Nunavut Company Ltd. Canada's North. Our programs include Cana- 3409 E. Madison St., Seattle, lodge located on Somerset Island. Visit Arctic Award winning Explorer's Corner joins Whit- PO Box 1539, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Bryan Hellwig dian and International experts along with accom- Washington, 98112 Watch for an all-encompassing arctic safari, to ney&Smith Legendary Expeditions in 25 years of Tel: (867) 979-7808 PO Box 1342, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 plished local guides as we explore the art, culture, Tel: (206) 325-1977 see thousands of beluga whales, (best beluga trips of a life time. Sea kayaking and hiking Toll Free: 1-866-979-7808 Tel: (867) 979-6495 wildlife and natural wonders that the North has Toll Free: 1-800-574-3021 watching site in the world), musk-ox, polar Ellesmere and Baffin Islands. We also include Fax: (867) 979-6880 Toll Free: 1-877-34-INUIT to offer. Fax: (206) 963-7585 bears, arctic foxes, birds and archaeological sites. spring base camps along the ice edge. www.ex- [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6480 [email protected] Travel by land, water, foot, sea kayak, raft and plorerscorner.com www.nacaarts.com [email protected] Alivaktuk Outfitting www.arcticodysseys.com ATV. Guest can fish, hike through canyons and The Nunavut Arts & Crafts Association is in www.northerncollectables.biz Joavee Alivaktuk mountains, across tundra and around waterfalls. business to help promote and guide Nunavut An Inuit owned business located in Iqaluit offer- PO Box 3, Pangnirtung, NU, X0A 0R0 B&J Fly Fishing Adventures Vistas are immense and the sun shines 24 hours artists to foster their talent and to be able to sell ing magnificent pieces of Inuit art from the 50', Tel: (867) 473-8721 Bill Lyall per day. Enjoy comfortable accommodations and their art work. We also help in marketing and 60's and 70's and up to the present, we strive in Fax: (867) 473-8721 PO Box 1329, Cambridge Bay, the best food in Nunavut. Everyday starts with the development of new talent from the territory. finding our collectors the pieces they are looking Guide and outfitter with more than 20 years NU, X0B 0C0, fresh muffins and ends with hot showers and a for! Check us out at www.northerncollectables.biz experience plus teaching experience. Day and Tel: (867) 983-2544 glass of wine. Nunavut Economic Developers multi-day trips. Snowmobile and qamutik trans- Fax: (867) 983-2203 Association Taluq Designs Ltd. portation. Transportation to and from Auyuiituk [email protected] Canoe Artic Inc Mark Morrissey Mona Igutsaq National Park. Day trip to Kekerten during July www.arcticflyfishing.com Alex M. Hall PO Box 1990, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 PO Box 174, Taloyoak, NU, X0B 1B0 and August, day trips to the Arctic Circle by PO Box 130, Forth Smith, NU, X0E 0P0 Tel: (867) 979-4620 Tel: (867) 561-5280 snowmobile in March and April. Blackfeather - The Wilderness Tel: (867) 872-2308 Fax: (867) 979-4622 Fax: (867) 561-6500 Adventure Company [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Wendy Grater www.canoearctic.com www.nunavuteda.com www.ndcorp.nu.ca RR# 3, Parry Sound, ON, P2A 2W9 Fly-in canoe trips on the Thelon & Toll Free: 1-888-849-7668 systems. Caribou, muskoxen, white wolves, [email protected] moose, grizzlies & rich birdlife. All trips guided www.blackfeather.com by Alex Hall, wildlife biologist and the Canadian Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge 8 9

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Frontiers North Adventures Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten (Cruises) Inuarak Outfitting Odyssée Nunavut Quark Expeditions True North Outfitting Services John Gunter Ballindamm 25 Enookie Inuarak Louis-Philip Pothier Prisca Campbell Morris Kuniliusee 40063 RPO Lagimodiere, Winnipeg, 20095 Hamburg, Germany PO Box 286, Pond Inlet, NU, X0A 0S0 PO Box 1799, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 93 Pilgrim Park, Suite 1, Waterbury, PO Box 43, Qikiqtarjuaq, NU, X0A 0B0 MB, R2C 4P3 Tel: +49-40-3001 4600 Tel: (867) 899-8551 Tel: (867) 979-3808 Vermont, 05676 [email protected] Tel: (204) 949-4793 [email protected] Fax: (867) 899-8111 Fax: (867) 979-2806 Tel: (203) 852-5580 Toll Free: 1-800-663-9832 www.hl-cruises.com [email protected] [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-892-0334 Ullivik Outfitting [email protected] Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, one of Germany's foremost Fully Licensed Outfitter specializing in: Dog- www.odysseenunavut.ca [email protected] Andrew Taqtu www.frontiersnorth.com providers of premium, luxury and expedition team tours, Floe edge tours, Sirmilik National www.quarkexpeditions.com PO Box 17, Arctic Bay, NU, X0A 0A0 As the premier provider of exciting wildlife ad- cruises, operates four ships: EUROPA (5-star Park tours, wildlife and scenary, Sport hunting Plummer’s Enterprises & Great Bear Tel: (867) 439-8156 ventures to Canada’s north, Frontiers North of- plus*), COLUMBUS (3-star plus*) and the and fishing expeditions. We do custom trips with Lake Lodge Ltd. Qumuatuq Tours and Outfitting fers programs that accommodate small groups of expedition ships HANSEATIC (5-star*) and individuals, groups, filmakers.Consult us to cater Ana Jorge Charlie Qumuatuq Unainuk Tours travelers with interests in experiential travel, BREMEN (4-star*), which have the highest ice to your Arctic Adventure and professional needs. 950 Bradford Street, Winnipeg, PO Box 622, Pangnirtung, NU, X0A 0R0 Harry Ittinuar photography, culture and adventure. Tour areas class for passenger vessels (E4) for safe travel in MB, R3H 0N5 Tel: (867) 473-4065 PO Box 31, Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0G0 rich in wildlife, including whales, polar bears, polar regions. *Berlitz Cruise Guide Inuksuk Adventures Ltd. Tel: (204) 774-5775 Tel: (867) 645-2916 walrus, and musk-ox. Programs include wildlife James Leo Noble Toll Free: 1-800-665-0240 Students on Ice Expeditions [email protected] viewing, hiking, expedition cruises and culture. Henik Lake Adventures Ltd. PO Box 1907, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0 Fax: (204) 783-2320 Reina Lahtinen Come enjoy an adventure on the Hudson Bay Ryan St. John Tel: (867) 979-2113 [email protected] 1740 Chemin Pink, Gatineau, QC, J9J 3N7 and explore the many majestic sites and beauty of Great Canadian Wilderness Adventures PO Box 420, Arviat, NU, X0C 0E0 [email protected] www.plummerslodges.com Tel: (819) 827-3300 the North. Learn about some of the areas, fabu- Tom Faess Tel: (867) 857-2587 www.inuksukadventures.ca Plummer’s Arctic Lodges was rated the number Toll Free: 1-866-336-6423 lous history, culture, and legends. PO Box 341, Baker Lake, NU, X0C 0A0 Fax: (867) 857-2972 one fishing destination in North America by [email protected] Tel: (807) 662-4512 [email protected] Northwest Passage Expedition Tours Field and Stream this year! With All Tackle www.studentsonice.com Webb Outfitting Toll Free: 1-800-667-9453 www.heniklakeadventures.com Andrew Porter World Records for Arctic Char, Lake Trout and Students on Ice is an award-winning organiza- Fred Webb Fax: 1-866-416-5548 PO Box 201, Iqaluit, NU, X0B 1J0 Grayling, and world famous service let us bring tion offering unique educational expeditions to PO Box 313, Pritchard, BC, V0E 2P0 [email protected] Huit Huit Tours Ltd. & Dorset Suites Tel: (867) 360-6046 you on your Arctic fishing adventure. Profes- the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is to Tel: (250) 577-3708 www.thelon.com Kristina Alariaq Fax: (867) 360-6046 sional guides, excellent chefs and first class provide students, educators and scientists from Fax: (250) 577-3740 PO Box 4, Cape Dorset, NU, X0A 0C0 [email protected] accommodations. around the world with inspiring educational [email protected] Hakongak Outfitting Tel: (867) 897-8806 Bird Sanctuary tours, Musk oxen Seeing, The opportunities at the ends of the Earth and, in www.fordinfo.com/fredwebb George Hakongak Fax: (867) 897-8688 Lost Franklin Tour Grounds, Old Artifacts for Polar Sea Adventures doing so, help them foster a new understanding PO Box 2053, Cambridge Bay, [email protected] the Amundsen Expedition much more, Drum Dave Reid and respect of the planet. Windigo Aventure Inc. NU, X0B 0C0 www.dorsetsuites.com dances, Throat singing, Boat Tours. We also offer PO Box 549, Pond Inlet, NU, X0A 0S0 Charles Frobisher Tel: (867) 983-2799 We offer eco-culture trips in Cape Dorset and Guided Dogsled Tour, Northwest Passage Expe- Tel: 867-899-8870 The Great Canadian Travel Company 400 rue Atlantic, Suite 505, Fax: (867) 983-3190 South Baffin region.Visitors live the culture with dition Tours, Eco Tours, Evening Tours. [email protected] Samantha Buffie Montreal, QC, H2V 1A5 [email protected] local people and learn about environmental adap- www.polarsea.ca 158 Fort Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3C 1C9 Tel: (514) 948-4145 tations through dog sledding, camping, observing Nunavut Experience Outfitting Services www.nunavutadventures.com Tel: (204) 949-0199 Fax: (514) 948-5003 Haogak Outfitting wildlife and viewing archaeological sites. We pro- Billy Arnaquq Polar Sea Adventures provides a wide range of Toll Free: 1-800-661-3830 [email protected] Bobby Klengenberg vide logistical and tour services to individuals, PO Box 96, Qikiqtarjuag, NU, X0A 0B0 high quality safe trips, services and expeditions. [email protected] www.windigo.qc.ca PO Box 1129, Cambridge Bay, groups, film companies, divers and photographers. [email protected] All are planned and delivered to be environmen- www.greatcanadiantravel.com NU, X0B 0C0 All-women groups and custom tours organized Nunavut Experience Outfitting Services offers tally, socially and economically responsible. One of The Great Canadian Travel Company has been Tel: (867) 983-7349 on request. boat transfers to and from Auyuittuq National the world's most northerly and experienced Arctic operating tours in the Canadian Arctic for 30 [email protected] Park from the community of Qikiqtarjuaq which operators, Polar Sea understands the steps neces- years. Programs include wildlife viewing, floe We strive to deliver the most exciting, and enjoy- I.D.S. Outfitting Ltd. is located at the north end of the park. We have sary to make any trip or project successful. Polar edge excursions, Expedition Cruises, Cultural able adventure for our seasonal sport hunts, and Ike Haulli 5-6 day sight seeing tours. Fishing for Arctic Sea is the only adventure company in Nunavut themed tours, Aurora Borealis and authentic year -round cultural and educational tours. PO Box 29, Igloolik, NU, X0A 0L0 char, whale watching, polar bear viewing, bird- specializing in film and television production - northern experiences. We cater both to the FIT Mainland Muskox are trophy hunts and spring Tel: (867) 934-8903 watching and day hikes are available too. one of the many services offered. Logistics and and group markets, and stride to deliver extraor- hunts are the best time to get your trophy. As Fax: (867) 934-8704 consulting services also available. Based in the dinary choices to our clients. part of their culture, Inuit are taught by their [email protected] Arctic, Polar Sea has a crucial and vested interest parents to respect the use of our land and the ani- in ensuring the areas travelled to are respected mals that they hunt. Bobby Klengenberg has been and protected. an experienced, certified guide for 19 years. He has a great deal of expertise in hunting and guiding and uses his traditional Inuit skills passed onto him by his parents. His motto is ‘clients come first’. Photo courtesy of Bathurst Inlet Lodge 10 11

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Community Events for 2010 R.C. = Recreation Coordinator Area code for Nunavut (867) Date Event Location Organizer Contact Mar (2nd or 3rd wk) Hudson's Bay Quest Arviat R.C. - Clive 857-2880 / 2841

1 Apr-10 Cape Dorset Hamlet Day Cape Dorset Hamlet of Cape Dorset 897-8943 1 Apr-10 Hall Beach Hamlet Day Hall Beach Hamlet of Hall Beach 928-8829 1 Apr-10 Kimmirut Hamlet Day Kimmirut Hamlet of Kimmirut 939-2247 1 Apr-10 Gjoa Haven Hamlet Day Gjoa Haven Hamlet of Gjoa Haven 360-7141 1 Apr-10 Igloolik Hamlet Day Igloolik Hamlet of Igoolik 934-8900 1 Apr-10 Taloyoak Hamlet Day Taloyoak Hamlet of Taloyoak 561-6341 2 Apr-10 Pond Inlet Hamlet Day Pond Inlet Hamlet of Pond Inlet 899-8934 2-5 Apr-10 Kalvik Frolics Bay Chimo Hamlet of Bay Chimo 5 Apr-10 Pangnirtung Hamlet Day Pangnirtung Hamlet of Pangnirtung 473-8953 6-12 Apr-10 Nattiq Frolics Kugluktuk Hamlet of Kugluktuk 982-6515 7-12 Apr-10 Toonik Tyme Iqaluit Toonik Tyme 975-8510 [email protected] 9-23 Apr-10 Nunavut Quest Pond Inlet to Clyde River Hamlet of Pond Inlet 899-8934 17-30 Apr-10 Pakallak Tyme Rankin Inlet R.C. - David Clark 654-2284

May or June (T.B.C) Spring Fest Arviat R.C. - Clive 857-2880 / 2841 3-9 May-10 Baker Lake Hamlet Day Baker Lake R.C. - Leo/Richard 793-2072 / 2874 10 May-10 Whale Cove Hamlet Day Whale Cove Whale Cove R.C. 896-9107 10 May-10 Kugaaruk Hamlet Day Kugaaruk Hamlet of Kugaaruk 769-6281 17-24 May-10 Omingmak Frolics Cambridge Bay Arctic Coast Visitor Centre 983-2224 17-24 May-10 Qavvavik Frolics Gjoa Haven Hamlet of Gjoa Haven 360-7141 20-26 May-10 Chesterfield Inlet Hamlet Day Chesterfield Inlet R.C. - Kevin 898-9081 / 9926 21 May-10 Cambridge Bay Hamlet Day Cambridge Bay Arctic Coast Visitor Centre 983-2224 21 May-10 Sanikiluaq Hamlet Day Sanikiluaq Hamlet of Sanikiluaq 266-8996 21 May-10 Resolute Bay Hamlet Day Resolute Bay Hamlet of Resolute Bay 252-3616 22-24 May-10 Grise Fiord Fishing Derby Grise Fiord Hamlet of Grise Fiord 980-9959 22-24 May-10 Whale Cove Fishing Derby Whale Cove Whale Cove R.C. 896-9107 22-24 May-10 Coral Harbor Fishing Derby Coral Harbor R.C. - Casey Paniyuk 925-8127 / 8867 22-24 May-10 Repulse Bay Fishing Derby Repulse Bay R.C. - Rodney Taparti 462-9952 22-24 May-10 Pangnirtung Fishing Derby Pangnirtung 22-24 May-10 Rankin Inlet Fishing Derby Rankin Inlet R.C. - David Clark 654-2284 22-24 May-10 Chesterfield Inlet Fishing Derby Chesterfield Inlet R.C. - Kevin 898-9081 / 9926

June (T.B.C) Baker Lake Fishing Derby Baker Lake R.C. - Leo / Richard 793-2072 / 2874 21 June-10 National Aboriginal Day 21 June - 1 Jul-10 Alianait Arts Festival Iqaluit Alianait Entertainment Group 979-6468 www.alianait.ca

1 Jul-10 Canada Day 2 Jul-10 Arctic Bay Hamlet Day Arctic Bay Hamlet of Arctic Bay 439-9917 2 Jul-10 Clyde River Hamlet Day Clyde River Hamlet of Clyde River 924-6220 2-3 Jul-10 Repulse Bay Hamlet Day Repulse Bay R.C. - Rodney Taparti 462-9952 9 Jul-10 Nunavut Day

August Kitikmeot Arctic Sports Cambridge Bay Arctic Coast Visitor Centre 983-2224 1 Aug-10 Northwest Passage Marathon Arctic Lodge, Richard Weber and Ultramarathon Somerset Island [email protected] 819-459-1794 8-14 Aug-10 Coral Harbor Hamlet Days Coral Harbor R.C. - Casey Paniyuk 925-8127 / 8867 857-2880 / 2841

4-6 Sep-10 Arviat Hamlet Days Arviat R.C. - Clive 857-2880 / 2841 12 Sep-10 Terry Fox Run Iqaluit

October (T.B.C) Inunariit Music Festival Arviat R.C. - Clive 857-2880 / 2841 1 Oct-10 Grise Fiord Hamlet Day Grise Fiord Hamlet of Grise Fiord 980-9959 1 Oct-10 Qikiqtarjuaq Hamlet Day Qikiqtarjuaq Hamlet of Qikiqtarjuaq 927-8832 3 Oct-10 Run for the Cure - CIBC Iqaluit CIBC 979-8663

23 Dec - 1 Jan-11 Iqaluit Christmas Games Iqaluit City of Iqaluit 979-5627 24 Dec - 1 Jan-11 Coral Harbor Christmas Games Coral Harbor R.C. - Casey Paniyuk 925-8127 / 8867 24 Dec - 1 Jan-11 Repulse Bay Christmas Games Repulse Bay R.C. - Rodney Taparti 462-9952 25 Dec - 1 Jan-11 Baker Lake Christmas Games Baker Lake R.C. - Leo / Richard 793-2072 / 2874 25 Dec - 1 Jan-11 Chesterfield Inlet December October Sept August JulyChristmas June Games Chesterfield May Inlet R.C. - Kevin April Mar 898-9081 / 9926 12

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