Nunavut Trivia

Here are a few pieces of trivia about Iqaluit and Nunavut:
Nunavut came to be as the largest Canadian Territory on April 1, 1997
Nunavut is the 5th largest country subdivision in the world
Current population of Nunavut is approx. 33,000
Nunavut has one of the lowest population densities in the world with, half that of Greenland.
Nunavut has the highest rock face in the world at Mount Thor, 4500ft high.
The Nunavut budget is approx. 700 million dollars per year.
Inuit children communicate all is okay or yes and no by raising or lowering their eyebrows.

Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay)was founded in 1942 as an American Airforce Base
Frobisher Bay grew significant in the mid 1950's as a main DEW (Distance Early Warning) line point
In 1959 the Canadian Government established services like doctors, schools, Post Office and the like in Frobisher Bay
Frobisher Bay's name was formally changed to Iqaluit in 1981
Iqaluit has the second highest tides in the world at around 30 feet, second only to the Bay of fundy
Iqaluit was the host of the G-7 economic summit in February of 2010
The Runway at the Iqaluit airport is long enough for the Space shuttle Challenger to land, it has one of the longest runways in Canada.
The Road to Nowhere was built prior to the Queen's visit to Iqaluit so she could get out on the arctic tundra. It goes 10 Km towards the middle of Baffin Island and stops; it literally goes nowhere!

We will add trivia to this posting as we hear about it!

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The Nunavut flag: The red represents Canada with the yellow vertical left half and a white vertical right half. The centre man made stone symbol is called an inukshuk and there is the blue 5 pointed star. The riches of the land and sky are the colors blue and gold, the inukshuk symbolizes the stone monuments which guide the people on the land and mark sacred and other special places. The north Star, nitirqsuituq, is the traditional guide for navigation, which we still use today.