Bloody Falls

Bloody Falls (or Bloody Fall, or Kogluktok, meaning "it flows rapidly" or "spurts like a cut artery" in Inuktitut) (Coord|67.739618305|-115.375407948|type:river_region:CA) [cite web |url=http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5903980_Bloody+Fall.html#local_map |title=Bloody Fall, Nunavut, Canada |accessdate=2008-08-25 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=travelingluck.com] is a waterfall in the Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park and is the site of the Bloody Falls Massacre. The nearest hamlet, Kugluktuk, Nunavut, is convert|15.8|km|mi away.

Historically, this area was occupied by the Kogluktogmiut band of Copper Inuit. [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=%22Prince+Albert+Sound%22&source=web&ots=P6Beu2wRa-&sig=3aBgqcaIUflYJwZp4-8ySVYkKTY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result |pages=p. 27 |title=The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report |last=Stefansson |first=Vilhjalmur |year=1914 |publisher=The Trustees of the American Museum |location=New York |oclc=13626409]

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