Igloolik Co-operative Limited
Box 120,
Igloolik, NU X0A 0L0
Ph: (867) 934-8958
Fax: (867) 934-8740
Co-op operations include a retail store, hotel, restaurant, post office, freight services, property rentals, fuel delivery and gas bar and video rentals. This Co-op was formed in April 1963.
About Igloolik
POPULATION:1500
TIME ZONE: Eastern
Situated on an island adjacent to the flat expanse of the Melville Peninsula's eastern coastal plain, the settlement of Igloolik has long been off the beaten track for tourists in the eastern Arctic.Today, whether you come to see people, wildlife or a wilderness vastly different from Baffin Island's craggy peaks and fiords, you will find a region rich in its own treasures and well worth exploring.
Igloolik is not only the geographic centre of Nunavut but also to what is widely considered the cultural hub of Nunavut. Ancient ties to northern and southern Baffin Island, as well as the Kivalliq and eastern Kitikmeot regions, contribute to the distinct mix of Inuit cultural traditions practised in Igloolik today. The area has long been blessed with abundant natural resources central to Inuit culture and identity: walruses, seals, whales, polar bears, caribou, fish and waterfowl. These resources continue to provide the economic, spiritual and intellectual basis for cultural continuity within Igloolik. People here take immense pride in nurturing Inuit heritage and traditions while embracing the inevitable changes brought on by modernization. The challenge in maintaining this balance is the very essence of Igloolik's vibrancy.
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