Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site

The Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site contains two areas: Arvia'Juaq and Qikiqtaaruk. Arvia'juaq (Sentry Island[1] 61°09′40″N 093°51′49″W), an island in Hudson Bay, is located close to Arviat, Nunavut. It is a National Historic Site of Canada and a Paallirmiut Inuit summer camp site.[2] The site is co-managed between the community of Arviat and Parks Canada.[3]

Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site
Native name
Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᕐᔪᒃ
Location of Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site in Nunavut
Typetraditional summer gathering place for the Caribou Inuit
LocationNunavut, Canada
Nearest cityArviat
Governing bodyParks Canada
Websitehttps://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=836
Invalid designation
DesignatedAugust 12, 2000

Arvia'Juaq is a traditional summer camp of the Paallirmiut Inuit, and a virtual tour of the National Historic Site was made in 2017:[4] https://www.aina.ucalgary.ca//arviajuaq/Tour.html

Qikiqtaarjuk, (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᕐᔪᒃ, Inuktitut for little island)[5] is a small peninsula, just north of Arviat, that faces Arvia'juaq.[3] Like Arvia'juaq, Qikiqtaarjuk contains many Paallirmiut artifacts and both are considered ritual, spiritual, and sacred sites. In particular Qikiqtaarjuk is associated with the Inuit hero figure Kiviuq.[3]

See also

References
  1. "New Parks North". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  3. Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  4. Porter, M. Cecilia (2017). "Arvia'juaq National Historic Site: A Case Study on Heritage and Virtual Tourism in the Canadian Arctic" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Righting the Map: Mapping Inuit Place Names


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