Kinngait (original) (raw)
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Pool, Annelies. "Kinngait". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20 September 2021, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cape-dorset. Accessed 22 October 2024.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Pool, A. (2021). Kinngait. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cape-dorset
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Pool, Annelies. "Kinngait." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published August 07, 2012; Last Edited September 20, 2021.
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Kinngait," by Annelies Pool, Accessed October 22, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cape-dorset
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Published Online August 7, 2012
Last Edited September 20, 2021
Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, incorporated as a hamlet in 1982, population 1,441 (2016 census), 1,363 (2011 census). The hamlet of Kinngait is situated on Dorset Island, off the southeast coast of the Foxe Peninsula of Baffin Island, 395 km southwest of Iqaluit. Known for a period as Cape Dorset, in 2020 the hamlet returned to its original Inuktut name, Kinngait, meaning “mountains.”
Geography and Economy
The rolling tundra surrounding the community is actually part of the Kingnait Mountain range. It is the entry point to the nesting grounds of the snow goose at the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 275 km northeast of the community. While the traditional economy is based on hunting and sealing, many of the majority Inuit population are artists. The famous Dorset printmaking shop is located here. Nearby Mallikjuaq Island Historic Park has evidence of over 1,000 years of occupation of the Thule and Dorset cultures. An interpretive centre for the historic park is also found in the hamlet.