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Small Towns of Nunavut
From Baffin Island to the Arctic coast — 5 communities with stories worth the drive.
5 Nunavut towns
Showing 5 towns
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- Baker Lake
- Cambridge Bay
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Iqaluit
- Kinngait
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5 small towns is a lot. Start with the region that sounds like your weekend.
Baffin Island & Iqaluit
Inuit art, Baffin Island and the capital on Frobisher Bay
Iqaluit · Kinngait
Kivalliq & Kitikmeot
Hudson Bay, the Thelon River and the centre of Canada
Baker Lake · Chesterfield Inlet · Cambridge Bay
Fall stops: birding, heritage rivers and the centre of Canada
Birding Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Thelon Heritage River
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Geographical Centre of Canada
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Winter stops: Inuit art, cultural centres and igloo churches
Capital of Inuit Art
Kinngait, Nunavut
Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop
Kinngait, Nunavut
Saint Jude’s Cathedral
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Jessie Oonark Centre
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Spring stops: frolics, fishing places and territorial parks
Omingmak Frolics
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Ovayok Territorial Park
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Mallikjuaq Territorial Park
Kinngait, Nunavut
Iqaluktuuttiaq—Good Fishing Place
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Summer stops: Nunavut Day, midnight sun and tundra research
Nunavut Day | July 9
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Inuujaarvik Territorial Park
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Only in Nunavut
1. Unique Google Street View
Cambridge Bay
2. Learn a Few Words in Inuinnaqtun
Cambridge Bay
3. Amundsen’s Maud Stone Cairn
Cambridge Bay
4. Home Town of Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq
Cambridge Bay
People of Nunavut’s Small Towns
Notable Canadians with roots in Nunavut's small communities
- Stephen Angulalik | Trader
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut - Helen Maksagak | Commissioner of Nunavut
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut - Tanya Tagaq | Throat Singer
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Some of Nunavut's most visited small towns on our platform
Kitikmeot
Cambridge Bay
Known in Inuinnaqtun as Iqaluktuuttiaq — "good fishing place." On the south coast of Victoria Island, Cambridge Bay is a hub for Arctic wildlife, tundra wildflowers in July, and 79 species of birds.
Kivalliq
Baker Lake
The nearest inhabited community to the geographic centre of Canada. Baker Lake is an inland Inuit community known for its art — the Jessie Oonark Centre displays local talent and honours one of the true pioneers of Inuit art, who was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984.
Kivalliq
Chesterfield Inlet
A small community on the west coast of Hudson Bay, known for beluga whale watching, polar bears, and caribou herds. The Leonard Putulik Cultural Visitor's Centre tells the story of Inuit life in the region.
Baffin Island
Kinngait
The Capital of Inuit Art. Kinngait has been the heart of Inuit printmaking and carving since the 1950s.
Baffin Island
Iqaluit
Nunavut's capital and largest community, on the shores of Frobisher Bay.