| Site |
Date(s) |
Designated |
Location |
Description |
Image |
|---|
| Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk[3] |
|
1995 |
Arviat and Sentry Island
61°08′23″N 093°59′36″W |
A traditional summer camp of the Paallirmiut Inuit and an archaeological site on Hudson Bay; representative of the cultural, spiritual and economic life of the Inuit in the Arviat region |
|
| Beechey Island Sites[4] |
1845–46 (wintering site), 1852–54 (search expeditions) |
1993 |
Beechey Island and Devon Island
74°43′N 091°51′W |
Sites associated with Arctic exploration, including the wintering site of Franklin's lost expedition and a base for subsequent search expeditions |
 |
| Blacklead Island Whaling Station[5] |
1860 (established) |
1985 |
Blacklead Island
64°58′59″N 066°12′00″W |
One of the most important whaling stations and wintering sites in Cumberland Sound from the 1860s until the early 20th century; a good example of a contact-period Inuit village |
 |
| Bloody Falls[6] |
1700 BCE (c.) (human occupation) |
1978 |
Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park
67°44′36″N 115°22′03″W |
Archaeological remains on river terraces of pre-contact hunting and fishing sites; a record of the presence of Pre-Dorset, Thule, First Nation and Inuit peoples over the last 3000 years |
 |
| Fall Caribou Crossing[7] |
|
1995 |
Kivalliq Region
63°38′37″N 096°02′58″W |
A section of the lower Kazan River which has witnessed centuries of inland caribou hunting; symbolic of the cultural, spiritual and economic life of the Inuit in the region |
|
| Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites[8] |
2000 BCE (c.) (human occupation) |
1978 |
Igloolik Island
69°23′N 081°40′W |
Nine archaeological sites dating from Dorset and Pre-Dorset occupations, demonstrating 4000 years of human activity; also the wintering site for William Parry in 1821 and the base of the Fifth Thule Expedition of 1921–24 |
|
| Inuksuk[9] |
|
1969 |
Foxe Peninsula
64°34′19″N 078°10′17″W |
100 inuksuit standing on a treeless headland; a testament to the ingenuity and artistry of the Inuit |
 |
| Kekerten Island Whaling Station[10] |
1857 (established) |
1985 |
Cumberland Sound
65°42′N 065°48′W |
The remains of a whaling station, as well as a burial ground and a shipwreck; symbolic of whaling in the Eastern Arctic and of the economic and cultural impact of the whaling on the Inuit in the region |
 |
| Kodlunarn Island[11] |
1576–78 (expeditions) |
1964 |
Frobisher Bay
62°49′03″N 065°25′44″W |
The ruins of a stone house, earthworks and mining excavations from Martin Frobisher's gold mining expeditions to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
|
| Port Refuge[12] |
|
1978 |
Grinnell Peninsula
77°00′17″N 096°09′49″W |
Archaeological sites dating to prehistoric occupation, including a Thule winter village and remains of Pre-Dorset dwellings, including evidence of Thule contact with the medieval Norse colonies of Greenland |
|
| Wreck of HMS Breadalbane[13] |
1853 (wreck) |
1983 |
Beechey Island
74°43′N 091°51′W |
The wreck of the ship involved in the search for Franklin's lost expedition |
 |
Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror [14][15][16] |
1845–46 (expedition) |
1992; joined park system in 2015 |
Queen Maud Gulf north by northeast of O'Reilly Island
68.235931°N 98.714376°W / 68.235931; -98.714376 (Erebus & Terror)[17] |
The remains of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the two ships of Franklin's lost expedition in 1845–46, believed to have been trapped and wrecked by pack ice; official location includes remains of HMS Erebus (Discovered at Wilmot and Crampton Bay in September 2014); and remains of HMS Terror (Discovered at Terror Bay in September 2016) |
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