Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Nunavut
Iqaluit
Place of many fish
Iqaluit in brief
Iqaluit is Nunavut's capital, only city, and Canada's northernmost city. Inuktitut speakers named it for a place of many fish, and Inuit, Dorset, and Thule peoples used the bay as a fishing camp for thousands of years.
In 1942 the United States built Frobisher Bay Air Base as a wartime ferry stop, and the settlement kept that English name until 1987, when the Inuktitut name returned. Iqaluit became Nunavut's capital in 1999. St. Jude's igloo-shaped cathedral still marks the Anglican Diocese of the Arctic on the skyline.
Drawn from Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura.
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It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which the city is situated.
Its traditional Inuktitut name was restored in 1987.
Iqaluit, formerly Frobisher Bay, became the capital of Nunavut when the territory was created in 1999.
Places to see
St. Jude's Igloo Cathedral
This igloo-shaped landmark serves as the seat of the Anglican Diocese of the Arctic in Iqaluit.