Kimmirut
Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ IPA: [kimːiɢut]; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.
Kimmirut
ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ | |
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Kimmirut, Nunavut | |
Kimmirut Kimmirut | |
| Coordinates: 62°50′48″N 069°52′19″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Electoral district | South Baffin |
| Anglican mission | 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maliktuk Lyta |
| • MLA | David Joanasie |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Total | 2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 426 |
| • Density | 185.2/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0A 0N0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Website | www.kimmirut.ca |
It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police post. The Canadian explorer J. Dewey Soper used these posts as headquarters during his explorations in the 1920s and 1930s.
The community is served by Kimmirut Airport and by annual supply sealift. A proposal in 2005 for a road to Iqaluit was determined to be impractical owing to roundabout routing over the mountains.
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