Pond Inlet (Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, lit. 'the place where Mittima is buried')[6] is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, located on northern Baffin Island. To the Inuit the name of the place "is and always has been Mittimatalik."[7] The Scottish explorer Sir John Ross had named an arm of the sea that separates Bylot Island from Baffin Island as Pond's Bay, and the hamlet now shares that name.[7] On 29 August 1921, the Hudson's Bay Company opened its trading post near the Inuit camp and named it Pond Inlet, marking the expansion of its trading empire into the High Arctic.[7]
At the 2021 Canadian census the population, which is predominantly Inuit, was 1,555, a decrease of 3.7% from the 2016 census[4]
Pond Inlet, the largest community in northern Baffin Island—part of the Arctic Cordillera—with mountains visible from all sides, is called the "Jewel of the North".[8] At the ice flow edge there is an abundance of wildlife, including polar bears, caribou, wolves, Arctic foxes, ringed seal, and narwhals. It attracts hundreds of visitors each year, who travel by air or by cruise ship. The Nattinnak Visitors Centre on Tasiujaq (Eclipse Sound) which overlooks Bylot Island, showcases Pond Inlet artists. The Sirmilik National Park on Bylot Island, the Tamaarvik Territorial Park, and the Qilaukat Thule site are near the hamlet.[9]
^"Pond Inlet". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
PondInlet (Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, lit. 'the place where Mittima is buried') is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut...
PondInlet Airport (IATA: YIO, ICAO: CYIO) is located at PondInlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut. Canada Flight Supplement...
Iron Ore mine operated by Baffinland Iron Mines. It is located close to PondInlet on North Baffin Island. They produce a high grade direct ship iron ore...
Qikiqtaaluk Region. Arctic Bay Clyde River Iqaluit Kimmirut Pangnirtung PondInlet Nanisivik The population of Baffin Island at the 2021 Canadian census...
Qikiqtaaluk Region in general, and in PondInlet in particular, depend on these animals for subsistence. In PondInlet, 92% of the population is Inuit and...
1%) Other (75 persons or 1.0%) The Qikiqtani School Operations based in PondInlet operates five schools in the area. Nanook Elementary School, located in...
Inuit guides hunting caribou on the northern coast of Baffin Island near PondInlet, Nunavut, Canada. Upon skinning and butchering of one of the animals,...
of three Regional School Operations (RSO) in Nunavut, headquartered in PondInlet. The RSO includes 22 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 2 middle...
Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: Kangiqliniq; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, or Kangir&iniq meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet on...
extensive field work in the Arctic, living with Inuit in the communities of PondInlet on Baffin Island and Sanikiluaq on the Belcher Islands. He learned two...
French-Canadian prospector with Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier’s expedition to PondInlet, extended his mineral exploration overland to Igloolik, and in 1921 a...
of Mittimatalik —PondInlet which is 92% Inuit, is the gateway to many tourist attractions in the region, and is 80 km from Milne Inlet. The region is part...
"2011 Census Profile PondInlet". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2012-06-28. "2006 Census Profile PondInlet". Archived from the original...
city. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet, and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as Canadian North, and from smaller communities...
Iqaluit, Nunavut, was the northernmost store as of 2010. Its location in PondInlet, Nunavut is the northernmost store as of 2023[update]. TDL Group recorded...
north of the community is the actual fiord, Grise Fiord, which means "pig inlet" in Norwegian. Otto Sverdrup from Norway so named it during an expedition...
and marine components. These are Oliver Sound, located to the south of PondInlet, characterised by a long narrow fjord flanked by towering cliffs and glaciers...
(about 70°) in Norway will get a darker "day". On the Canadian territory of PondInlet, Nunavut, however, civil polar night lasts from about 16 December until...
: s.4 Nunavut has 24 hamlets. The largest hamlet by population is Rankin Inlet, with 2,975 residents, and the smallest is Grise Fiord, with 144 residents...
(December 1982). "Summer diet of the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in PondInlet, northern Baffin Island". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60 (12): 3353–3363...
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