Whaling Industry in Eastern Arctic National Historic Event
Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut
Address :
Kekerten, Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1983-11-18
Other Name(s):
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Whaling Industry in Eastern Arctic
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1983-040, 1984-054, 2009CED-SDC-033
Importance:
Provided whale oil and baleen to the European and American markets, 1820-1910; first brought many Inuit into regular contact with whites