Must-see attractions in Nunavut

  • A hanging glacier in Tanquary Fiord, Quittinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island Nunavut.
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    Quttinirpaaq National Park

    Nunavut

    The northernmost and most mountainous of Nunavut's national parks, 37,775-sq-km Quttinirpaaq is Canada's second-largest, way up on Ellesmere Island. Now…

  • Kenojuak Cultural Centre & Print Shop

    Nunavut

    Though many Inuit communities now generate world-class artworks, Cape Dorset's remain the most revered. The new Kenojuak Cultural Centre, named after…

  • Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts

    Nunavut

    Pang is famous for its lithographs, prints and tapestries, and this extraordinary place brings it all together. There are few tapestry studios in the…

  • Auyuittuq National Park

    Nunavut

    Among the globe's most flabbergasting places, Auyuittuq (ah-you-ee-tuk) means 'the land that never melts.' Appropriately, there are plenty of glaciers in…

  • Katannilik Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    Near Iqaluit and one of Nunavut's finest parks, Katannilik means 'Place of Waterfalls' and comprises two main features. A Canadian Heritage waterway,…

  • Ovayok Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    Ovayok Territorial Park, accessible via a rough road or 15km hike, is a prime place to see musk ox and offers good views from Mt Pelly (200m). It has some…

  • Matchbox Gallery

    Nunavut

    This small space is famed for having pioneered Inuit ceramic art. Watch artists at work, and browse and buy a wide range of beautiful handicrafts,…

  • Angmarlik Visitor Centre

    Nunavut

    This enthusiastically run place near the waterfront features a replica Inuit tent made of whalebone and animal skins, sealskin canoes and interesting…

  • Ukkusiksalik National Park

    Nunavut

    Surrounding Wager Bay, a vast inlet off Hudson Bay, Ukkusiksalik National Park comprises 20,500 sq km of bleak uninhabited tundra and is one of the world…

  • Qausuittuq National Park

    Nunavut

    The name means 'Where the Sun Doesn't Rise' – appropriate for a location that sees several months of total darkness each year. Encompassing over 11,000 sq…

  • Sirmilik National Park

    Nunavut

    Pond Inlet is the base for visits to this spectacular park, a breeding ground for countless seabirds including the planet's largest flock of snow geese…

  • Mallikjuaq Historic Park

    Nunavut

    Mallikjuaq Historic Park is an island reachable via a low-tide land bridge from Dorset's metal dump; it's a 20-minute crossing and you need rubber boots…

  • Canadian High Arctic Research Station

    Nunavut

    This state-of-the-art research facility is Polar Knowledge Canada's Arctic headquarters and a world-class place for researching the effects of climate…

  • Beechey Island

    Nunavut

    It's possible to arrange flights to the national historic site, Beechey Island, where the ill-fated Franklin expedition wintered in 1845–46 before…

  • Queen Maud Bird Sanctuary

    Nunavut

    South across the Northwest Passage is Queen Maud Bird Sanctuary, the world's largest migratory bird refuge, home to snow geese and tundra swans, among…

  • Marble Island

    Nunavut

    In Hudson Bay, 50km east of town, this is a graveyard for James Knight and his crew, who sought the Northwest Passage in the 18th century. Some wrecks of…

  • Kekerten Historic Park

    Nunavut

    In Cumberland Sound, about 50km south of town, is this old island whaling station on Kekerten Island. A heritage trail leads past the remains of 19th…

  • Queen Maud Migratory Bird Sanctuary

    Nunavut

    Across the Queen Maud Gulf from Gjoa Haven, the tundra and shallow lakes that make up this sanctuary are home to one the world's largest concentration of…

  • Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    This tongue twister of a park is located 5km from town and is popular for hiking and berry-picking. Near the Meliadine River's mouth are archaeological…

  • Tupirvik Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    This territorial park encompasses an ancient seabed where fossil hunters come across a wealth of marine fossils. There's a free campground here, with tent…

  • Inukshuk

    Nunavut

    Rankin's famed Inukshuk (humanoid stone cairn) lords over the community like a giant turned to stone.

  • Hudson Bay Company Whaling Station

    Nunavut

    The handsome red-and-white buildings overlooking the fjord date back to the 1920s when this was a processing center for whale blubber.