Nunavut Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
territory of Canada
About Nunavut
Nunavut meansour landin Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit. The official languages are English, French, Inuktitut, and Innuinaqtun. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions of the world. The immense territory includes most of Canada's Arctic Islands, from Baffin Island in the territory's southeast, where the capitalIqaluitis located, to Ellesmere Island a few hundred kilometres from the North Pole. The territory also includes all of the islands in Hudson Bay. The region which is now mainland Nunavut was first populated approximately 4500 years ago by the Pre-Dorset, a diverse Paleo-Eskimo culture that migrated eastward from the Bering Strait region. The Pre-Dorset culture was succeeded by the Dorset culture about 2800 years ago. The Dorset culture has been assumed to have devel
Nunavut Travel Guide Sections
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