Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut syllabics (, or , ) is an abugida-type writing system used in Canada by the Inuktitut-speaking Inuit of the Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik region of Quebec. In 1976, the Language Commission of ...
: ''ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ'') formerly Clyde Inlet is a body of water in eastern
Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is (slightly smal ...
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Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut nam ...
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Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
. Its mouth opens into the
Davis Strait
The Davis Strait (Danish language, Danish: ''Davisstrædet'') is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The ...
from the west.
The
Inuit
Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...
community of Clyde River is located on the inlet's Patricia Bay. The community is a popular launching-off point for remote big wall climbing on the east coast of Baffin. The nearby fiords are home to many granite walls with some established routes and plenty of space for new first ascents.
Geography
At one time, before its deglaciation, Kangiqtugaapik was a long
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...
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The Kangiqtugaapik system includes three main geographic features, the long
Patricia Bay
Patricia Bay ("Pat Bay" to locals) is a body of salt water that extends east from Saanich Inlet and forms part of the shoreline of North Saanich, British Columbia. It lies due west of Victoria International Airport. A municipal park covers most of ...
close to the northern side of the entrance, where the inhabited settlement of Clyde River is located, as well as two long fjords branching roughly about from the mouth of the bay with their heads in the southwest.
Kangiqtugaapik
Kangiqtugaapik, is the northern branch. It is long and has the Clyde River at its head,
Inugsuin Fiord
The Inugsuin Fiord in the south is long and has a number of unnamed islands at its mouth.
Tasiujaq
Tasiujaq (, meaning: ''Which resembles a lake'') is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 420.
Geography
Tasiujaq was built on the shores of Leaf Lake at th ...
is a small bay that flows into the fiord.
See also
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List of fjords in Canada
Fjords in Canada are long, narrow inlets characterized by steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier, glacial activity. A fjord can have two or more basins separated by Sill (geology), sills. The bowls can have a depth of and the dividin ...