Inuksuk Point
Native name
Inuktitut: Inuksugalait
Enukso Point
Inuksuit at the Inuksuk Point
TypeInuksuit
LocationNunavut, Canada
Nearest cityKinngait
Coordinates64°34′N 078°12′W / 64.567°N 78.200°W / 64.567; -78.200 (Enukso Point)[1]
Established23 October 1969
Inuksuk Point is located in Nunavut
Inuksuk Point
Inuksuk Point
Inuksuk Point is located in Canada
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.[3]

This location is renowned due to a group of more than 100 inuksuit - stone cairns built by Inuit.[4] The site has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 23 October 1969.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Enukso Point". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Enukso Point". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. 1 2 "Inuksuk National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Inuksuk. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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