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According to the Qikiqtani Truth Commission, in 2013, 1,549 people—92% of them Inuit—lived in Pond Inlet. [33]: 9 Pond Inlet's population in 1976 was 504 people, and within a 400 km (250 mi) radius, of what was to become the Mary River Mine, there were 2,209 people. By the 2021 census there were 6,670 people in the same area.
Clyde River (Syllabics: ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, [7] Inuktitut: Kangiqtugaapik "nice little inlet" [8]) is an Inuit hamlet located on the shore of Baffin Island's Patricia Bay, off Kangiqtugaapik, [9] an arm of Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ) Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ) Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ) Naujaat (ᓇᐅᔮᑦ) Resolute (Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ) Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) Sanirajak (ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ) Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ...
Mary River is located on Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, about 936 km (582 mi) northwest of the capital, Iqaluit, and about 176 km (109 mi) southwest of Pond Inlet Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, lit. 'the place where the landing place is' [1] The Inuit, name for the Mary River mountain is Nuluyait, meaning buttocks. [2]
The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is 320 km (200 mi) to the northwest and Clyde River is 80 km (50 mi) to the east. This fjord is reputed for the harsh beauty of its landscapes with rocky cliffs rising steeply from the shore. [4] It is also a popular place with climbers. [5]
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[4] [5] When the High Arctic relocation occurred in 1959, Idlout helped Inuit families adjust to their new surroundings in Resolute, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). In 1954, due to the lack of foxes in the Pond Inlet area, Idlout requested that he move to Resolute. The government was not supportive of the move but finally relented and ...
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ pronounced [qikiqtaːˈluk]) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, [1] northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.