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Arctic<br />
Ocean<br />
Ellesmere<br />
Island<br />
Beaufort<br />
Sea<br />
Magnetic<br />
North Pole<br />
Bathurst Inlet Lodge<br />
BATHURST INLET LODGE<br />
On the northernmost edges of the North<br />
American continent, Bathurst Inlet is home to<br />
the Kingaunmiut Inuit, a remote community who<br />
first opened their doors in 1969 to visitors,<br />
introducing their world of cliffs, waterfalls, deep<br />
gorges and flower-covered tundra. The lodge is<br />
a partnership between the Inuit and Glen and<br />
Trish Warner who came to know the extreme<br />
north during their 25 years serving in the Royal<br />
Canadian Mounted Police. The property is<br />
open to guests for only five weeks a year from<br />
the end of June to early August and can<br />
accommodate just 20 visitors in simple but<br />
comfortable accommodation for a week at a<br />
time. Having arrived by float-plane from<br />
Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, guests<br />
stay at the lodge which is an old Hudson Bay<br />
Company trading post. A cooked breakfast and<br />
evening buffet meal is served in the main lodge<br />
building, while packed lunches are provided for<br />
picnics in breathtaking settings. Bedrooms are<br />
comfortable and in most cases bathrooms are<br />
shared. The thing that makes Bathurst Inlet Lodge<br />
really special is the opportunity to interact with<br />
the Inuit guides on their terms, sharing their<br />
knowledge and terrain. This is borne out by the<br />
fact that about 25% of their guests are repeat<br />
customers: not bad for a destination quite<br />
literally at the end of the earth.<br />
0 350 miles<br />
0 563 kilometres<br />
Cambridge Bay<br />
Bathurst<br />
Inlet<br />
Activities at Bathurst<br />
Inlet Lodge<br />
Victoria<br />
Island<br />
Elu<br />
Inlet<br />
NUNAVUT<br />
Guided exploration takes place by a stable<br />
pontoon boat that is used for viewing wildlife<br />
and for transporting guests to other parts of the<br />
inlet for independent hikes. Wildlife to look out<br />
for includes grizzly bears, musk oxen, lemmings,<br />
caribou and a terrific variety of birdlife. There are<br />
also ancient archaeological remains in the region.<br />
Resolute<br />
King<br />
William<br />
Island<br />
Somerset<br />
Island<br />
Devon<br />
Island<br />
Lancaster Sound<br />
Igloolik<br />
Baffin Island<br />
Cape Dorset<br />
Davis Strait<br />
IQALUIT<br />
A highlight of each week’s stay is the cultural<br />
evening in which the entire community takes part,<br />
including the children who model traditional<br />
clothing and a grandfather who demonstrates<br />
how hunting tools were used. Guests are invited<br />
to reciprocate by telling a story, reciting a poem,<br />
dancing or even performing a magic trick. This<br />
cross-cultural sharing epitomises what makes a<br />
stay at Bathurst Inlet Lodge such a wonderful<br />
eco-tourism experience.<br />
Doris Kingnektak<br />
Nunavut: Canada<br />
Telephone: 01993 838 700<br />
Bathurst Inlet<br />
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