Kekerten Territorial Park, Provincial park in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada.
Description
Kekerten Territorial Park spreads across an island featuring rocky coastlines and views toward Arctic Ocean waters. The land still shows traces of old buildings and ships from the whaling era.
History
Whale hunters from Britain and America set up a station here in 1840 and started commercial whaling in northern waters. This activity shaped the area for many decades.
Culture
The preserved storehouses and whale ship remains show how Inuit knowledge connected with maritime work in the 1800s. Visitors can see how local and foreign workers lived and labored together at this remote location.
Practical
Most visitors travel by boat in summer, taking about three hours from Pangnirtung. In winter, people can travel by snowmobile across the ice, but conditions require preparation and local knowledge.
Did you know?
The land preserves physical traces of the whaling era with ruins of structures that visitors can discover on the ground. These remains offer direct insights into daily life and work from nearly 200 years ago.
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