Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, incorporated as a hamlet in 1976, population 812 (2011c), 744 (2006c). The Hamlet of Sanikiluaq is located on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. It is the territory of Nunavut's most southerly community. The original Inuit inhabitants of the barren Belcher Islands were expert kayakers. Because there were few caribou, they made frequent use of eider duck skins for clothing. The first European in the area was Henry Hudson, who sighted the islands in 1610. Today the Inuit residents of Sanikiluaq have an economy based on domestic fishing, trapping and the production of distinctive soapstone carvings.
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- Pool, Annelies. "Sanikiluaq". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sanikiluaq. Accessed 14 December 2024.
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- Pool, A. (2015). Sanikiluaq. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sanikiluaq
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- Pool, Annelies. "Sanikiluaq." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published August 07, 2012; Last Edited March 04, 2015.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Sanikiluaq," by Annelies Pool, Accessed December 14, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sanikiluaq
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Sanikiluaq
Article by Annelies Pool
Published Online August 7, 2012
Last Edited March 4, 2015