Inuksuk Point
| Inuksuk Point | |
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| Native name Inuksugalait (Inuktitut) | |
| Enukso Point | |
 Inuksuit at the Inuksuk Point | |
| Type | Inuksuit |
| Location | Nunavut, Canada |
| Nearest city | Kinngait |
| Coordinates | 64°34′N 078°12′W / 64.567°N 78.200°W[1] |
| Established | 23 October 1969 |
  Inuksuk Point  Inuksuk Point (Canada) | |
Inuksuk Point (Enukso Point, Inuksugalait) is a small peninsula on Foxe Peninsula, approximately 88.5 km (55.0 mi) from Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) on the southwest of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.[2]
This location is renowned due to a group of more than 100 inuksuit—stone cairns built by Inuit.[3] The site has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 23 October 1969.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Enukso Point". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b "Inuksuk National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Heyes, Scott (2002). "Protecting the authenticity and integrity of inuksuit within the arctic milieu". Études/Inuit/Studies. 26 (2): 133–156. doi:10.7202/007648ar. ISSN 0701-1008. OCLC 967627557.
- ^ Inuksuk. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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