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Nunavut (/ ˈ n ʊ n ə v ʊ t /, / ˈ n uː n ə v uː t /; French:, , ; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, , lit. ' our land ' [11]) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act [12] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, [13] which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government.
The history of Nunavut covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Eskimo thousands of years ago to present day. Prior to the colonization of the continent by Europeans, the lands encompassing present-day Nunavut were inhabited by several historical cultural groups, including the Pre-Dorset , the Dorsets , the Thule and their descendants ...
Auyuittuq National Park is located on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island in Nunavut.The park is located within the Arctic Circle.The park covers 21,470 square kilometres (8,290 sq mi) [3] [note 1] and is located partially within the Penny Highlands and contains the 6,000 km 2 (2,300 sq mi) Penny Ice Cap.
Nunavut has several species of mammals (ᐱᓱᒃᑎ, pisukti), [ 1] of which the Inuit found use for almost all. The larger animals such as the caribou would be eaten, with the skin used for tents and clothing and the sinew used for thread. In lean times even animals such as the fox would have been eaten and some people did eat it even when ...
The Thelon River. The Northwest Territories is a territory in Northern Canada, specifically in Northwestern Canada between Yukon Territory and Nunavut including part of Victoria Island, Melville Island, and other islands on the western Arctic Archipelago. [ 1 ] Originally a much wider territory enclosing most of central and northern Canada, the ...
Victoria Island ( Inuinnaqtun: Kitlineq) [ 5][ 6] is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth-largest island in the world, and at 217,291 km 2 (83,897 sq mi) 1 in area, it is Canada's second-largest island.
Canadian Postal code. X0A 0V0. Area code. 867. Resolute[ 1] or Resolute Bay[ 6] ( Inuktitut: ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized : Qausuittuq, lit. 'place with no dawn' [ 7]) is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region .
Geography of Nunavut. Coordinates: 60°N 102°W. The Canadian territory of Nunavut covers about 1.9 million square kilometres (733,594 sq. miles) of land and water including part of the mainland, most of the Arctic islands, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay (including the Belcher Islands) which belonged to the ...