Must see attractions in Nunavut

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Kenojuak Cultural Centre & Print Shop
Though many Inuit communities now generate world-class artworks, Cape Dorset's remain the most revered. The new Kenojuak Cultural Centre, named after…
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Quttinirpaaq National Park
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…
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Auyuittuq National Park
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…
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Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum
This friendly little museum in an old Hudson's Bay Company building showcases an engaging permanent collection of traditional Inuit clothing, tools,…
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Ovayok Territorial Park
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…
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Legislative Assembly
It's well worth taking an entertaining free tour (by appointment) of Nunavut's prefab parliament to learn about all manner of Inuit art displayed…
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Ukkusiksalik National Park
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…
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Qausuittuq National Park
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…
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Sirmilik National Park
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…
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Mallikjuaq Historic Park
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…
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Canadian High Arctic Research Station
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…
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Queen Maud Bird Sanctuary
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…
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Apex
Located 5km from downtown, Apex is now Iqaluit's beach suburb, but was where nomadic Inuit began to settle when modern Iqaluit was an airbase. On the…
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Qaummaarviit Territorial Park
This tiny bay island is a 12km boat or snowmobile ride west of Iqaluit and preserves a 750-year-old Inuit (Thule) winter camp. You can see 11 well…
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St Jude's Igloo Cathedral
This igloo-shaped Anglican cathedral was designed to reflect Inuit culture. This recent incarnation was built in 2012 to replace the 1972 original, burnt…
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Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park
The viewpoint at this bleakly beautiful park, 2km southwest of town and divided by the river of the same name, overlooks the snow-flecked tundra and the…
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Sculpture Garden
There's an extensive range of mostly stone sculpture by local artists right near the post office, with northern themes well represented. Our favorite? A…