Kimmirut, Nunavut

Kimmirut, Nunavut

Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January, 1996) is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in Nunavut, Canada. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.

It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police post. The Canadian explorer J. Dewey Soper used these posts as headquarters during his explorations in the 1920s and 1930s.

The community is served by Kimmirut Airport and by annual supply sealift. A proposal in 2005 for a road to Iqaluit was shown to be impractical owing to roundabout routing over the mountains.

As of the 2006 census the population was 411 a decrease of 5.1% from the 2001 census. [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204005&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Kimmirut&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=6204005 2006 census] ]

References

Further reading


* Fisher, Kyra Vladykov. "Guide to Kimmirut Artists, 2005-2006". [Kimmirut] : Municipality of Kimmirut, 2005. ISBN 097394160X
* Woodley, S. B. "Community Based Tourism in Kimmirut, Baffin Island, Nunavut Regional Versus Local Attitudes". Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. ISBN 0612550109

External links

* [http://www.kimmirut.ca/about/About.html Official site - about]
* [http://www.kimmirut.ca/index.htm Kimmirut official site, start page (large image)]
* [http://archive1.lse.ualberta.ca/asp/list_items.aspx?FileName=79-21-35 Photos of RCMP and HBC employees]


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