Traditional Inuit ways of life are central to this community, which hosts archaeological sites and scientific research.

Famous for hockey and Inuit ceramic arts, Rankin Inlet is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.

Surrounded by protective hills on three sides, this community is also named ‘Ikpiarjuk’ which means ‘the pocket’ in Inuktitut.

With famous art and a school providing traditional Inuit education, Clyde River is an important cultural centre.

Known in the past as Lake Harbour, this hamlet is on the site of the first Hudson Bay trading post on Baffin Island, founded in 1911.