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Nattilik Heritage Centre is a museum in Gjoa Haven, King William Island, Nunavut, Canada. It presents the history and culture of the local Inuit. It presents the history and culture of the local Inuit.
There are 12 National Historic Sites designated in Nunavut, one of which is in the national park system, administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Related to the Sites, National Historic Events also occurred in Nunavut, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal ...
The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum is a museum of Nunavut history and Inuit culture, located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. [1] [2] The museum was founded in 1969 by two employees of Canada's Department of Indian Affairs. [3] The museum is housed in a former Hudson's Bay Company building. [4]
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, the ...
Nunavut [a] 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.
Name Address Coordinates Government recognition (CRHP №) Image Fort Conger: Lady Franklin Bay Alert NU : Nunavut () Q3077812: More images: Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site
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Like most of Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic, Baffin Island has a tundra climate (Köppen climate classification ET), although the highest ice caps have an ice cap climate (EF). The sea is frozen for most of the year, and only a few months are above freezing. There can be seasonal lag in spring.