NUNAVUT COASTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY Chesterfield Inlet ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ Avatiliqiyikkut Department of Environment Ministère de l’Environnement Chesterfield Inlet © Nunavut Tourism ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ Avatiliqiyikkut Department of Environment NUNAVUT COASTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY • INVENTORY RESOURCE COASTAL NUNAVUT Ministère de l’Environnement Nunavut Coastal Resource Inventory September 2010 Department of Environment Fisheries and Sealing Division Box 1000 Station 1310 Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 ISBN: 978-1-55325-172-9 CHESTERFIELD INLET Inventory deliverables include the: An array of maps, aggregated into categories (Archaeological EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sites, Mammals, Fish, Birds, Invertebrates, Marine • provision of a final report that provides coastal This report is derived from the Hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet, Plants, Areas of High Diversity and Other), are provided resource data in a GIS database; and represents one component of the second phase of the in this report. Additional maps illustrate Nunavut, the Nunavut Coastal Resource Inventory (NCRI). The term • provision of resource inventory maps for each extent of the interview area, a reproduction of the study “coastal inventory”, as used here, refers to the collection community; area extracted from the Nunavut Atlas, and the survey of information on coastal resources and activities, gained area with place names in Inuktitut (both syllabics and • provision of all documents used, and methodology from community interviews, research, reports, maps, and transliteration). The map format was chosen, given the employed, throughout the coastal inventory process; any other available resources, presented in map format. broad geographic reach of the interviewee’s responses, to and, provide a synoptic view of the collected data. Every effort Coastal resource inventories have been conducted in • thorough evaluation of the methodology and was made to keep the scale of the maps the same and with many jurisdictions throughout Canada, notably along supporting materials that were used to carry out the the same extent in order to permit convenient comparisons our Atlantic and Pacific coasts. These inventories have entire inventory process. to be made from one map to another. In addition, the maps been used as a means of gathering reliable information are complemented by extensive tabular information. on coastal resources to permit their strategic assessment, The interview team was made up of five individuals: the leading to the promotion of economic development, interviewer, a translator, a recorder, an oceanographer, coastal management, and conservation opportunities. In and a student observer. The interviews lasted between two Nunavut, the coastal resource inventory has two additional to six hours, depending on the amount of detail elicited applications: the preservation of traditional knowledge in the responses, and the amount of clarification required (Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or IQ), and the anticipation of during the interview. The entire interview followed a forthcoming environmental changes, particularly those predefined survey, where the first round of questions driven by climate change. elicited information on the interviewee’s early life history. These questions were followed by resource-based topics, The Fisheries and Sealing Division, Department of the in a specific order, that were directly tied to photographs Environment, initiated this inventory by conducting of species. Responses were documented in real-time, with a feasibility study, followed by a pilot project, in data amenable to mapping drawn on the charts provided, Iglulik, Nunavut. Upon completion of the pilot project and all proceedings were recorded using audio and video (Phase I), four additional communities (Kugluktuk, equipment. Upon completion of the interviews, data was Chesterfield Inlet, Arctic Bay and Kimmirut) were compiled into spreadsheets, and the map information was approached to assess their interest in participating in the scanned, digitized, and prepared for analysis. inventory (Phase II). All four agreed, and interviews for Chesterfield Inlet were completed in November 2008. 1 NUNAVUT COASTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY 2 CHESTERFIELD INLET TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 1 APPENDIX 1 INTERVIEWEE BIOGRAPHIES ................................................................................... 86 TABLE OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................................... 4 APPENDIX 2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................... 87 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 6 APPENDIX 3 BIRD SIGHTINGS COMMENTARY ............................................................................ 88 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 8 APPENDIX 4 FIELD GUIDE ........................................................................................................... 95 PHYSICAL SETTING ....................................................................................................................... 11 APPENDIX 5 SURVEY ................................................................................................................103 RESOURCE INVENTORY ................................................................................................................14 APPENDIX 6 SPECIES LIST AND MAPPING CODES FISH .................................................................................................................................... 11 5 MAPS AND TABLES ......................................................................................................................17 INVERTEBRATES ................................................................................................................... 124 MARINE MAMMALS ............................................................................................................. 126 FINAL THOUGHTS ........................................................................................................................ 80 SEAWEED AND MARINE PLANTS ..........................................................................................128 BIRDS ..................................................................................................................................129 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................................. 82 TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS .........................................................................................................150 COLLECTED REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 83 APPENDIX 7 SPECIES PHOTOS FISH ....................................................................................................................................151 INVERTEBRATES ...................................................................................................................153 MARINE MAMMALS .............................................................................................................154 SEAWEED AND MARINE PLANTS ..........................................................................................154 BIRDS ..................................................................................................................................155 APPENDIX 8 SAMPLE CONTACT CALLING PROTOCOL .................................................................159 APPENDIX 9 HANDOUT ON COASTAL INVENTORIES .................................................................160 APPENDIX 10 PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORM ..............................................................................16 2 APPENDIX 11 DATA RELEASE FORM ............................................................................................163 3 NUNAVUT COASTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY TABLE OF FIGURES Invertebrates Figure 14. Areas of occupation for Clam and Mussel ............................................................................................................. 40 Contextual Maps Figure 1. Map of Nunavut. ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 15. Areas of occupation for Cockle, Scallop, Basket Star, Jellyfish, Naked Sea Butterfly, Northern Shrimp, Polar Sea Star, Sea Urchin, and Toad Crab .............................................................................42 Figure 2. Extent of study area with selected place names. ...................................................................................................... 9 Figure 3. Map of known polynas in the Canadian Arctic (Hannah et al 2009). ..................................................................12 Plants Figure 16. Areas of occupation for Bladder Wrack, Sea Colander, Edible Kelp and Hollow Stemmed Kelp .......................44 Figure 4. Travel routes and areas of greatest familiarity. ...................................................................................................... 20 Figure 5. Archaeological sites and areas of cultural significance. ........................................................................................