Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Nunavut

Today I'm very happy to let you know about Nunavut - the largest and youngest Territory in Canada! This "Lost Canadian" is very impressed with Nunavut - it is an extremely interesting and unique place.

• Nunavut was established on April 1, 1999 making it the youngest Territory in Canada.
• It is Canada’s largest province/territory with a total area of 2,093,190 sq. km. (almost 1 million square miles) - it covers one-fifth of Canada's total land area.
• Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut, and is home to 85% of the Inuktitut people who have lived there for more than 4000 years.
• The most common languages spoken in Nunavut are Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, and French.
• Nunavut is Home to 75% of the world’s narwhals, and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear.
• The highest point in Nunavut is Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island at the height of 2,616 meters (8,583 feet) above sea level. It is the highest peak along the Arctic Cordillera mountain range.
• Nunavut is home to the world’s northernmost permanently inhabited place, Alert.
• There are five national parks and ten territorial parks in Nunavut.
• The entire territory of Nunavut has just under 32 km of paved road. To get to communities people use planes, boats, and snowmobiles.
• Nunavut’s earliest sunset is on December 17th at 1:40 pm. And their latest sunrise is December 24th at 9:25 am. However, in the summertime, they get tons of sunlight. On June 20th Iqaluit gets 20.5 hours of sunshine!

I think it would be very interesting to see the Narwhals, but I'm not so sure about living where it is so cold all the time! At any rate, Nunavut looks like it is a very unique place and you will find more information about it at this link.