Inuksuk Point

Inuksuk Point (Enukso Point, Inuksugalait) is a small peninsula on Foxe Peninsula, approximately 88.5 km (55.0 mi) from Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) on the southwest of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.^[3]

Inuksuk Point
Native name Inuktitut: Inuksugalait
Enukso Point
Inuksuit at the Inuksuk Point
Type	Inuksuit
Location	Nunavut, Canada
Nearest city	Kinngait
Coordinates	64°34′N 078°12′W[1]
Established	23 October 1969
National Historic Site of Canada
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This location is renowned due to a group of more than 100 inuksuit - stone cairns built by Inuit.^[4] The site has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 23 October 1969.^[3][5]

References

1. "Enukso Point". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
2. "Enukso Point". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
3. "Inuksuk National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. Heyes, Scott (2002). "Protecting the authenticity and integrity of inuksuit within the arctic milieu". Études/Inuit/Studies. 26 (2): 133–156. doi:10.7202/007648ar. ISSN 0701-1008. OCLC 967627557.
5. Inuksuk. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 October 2013.