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Padlei Inns North - Arviat, Nunavut
Padlei Inns North is owned and operated by the Padlei Co-op. This hotel features 16 rooms with twin beds, each with a private bathroom and TV. A guest lounge with a telephone adjoins the dining room, where full-course meals are served. Prices are $199 per person per night. The local staff is knowledgeable about Arviat. They will be please to help you arrange customized add-ons for your visit to Arviat. Whether you are here for one day or one month, Arviat and the surrounding land offers many interesting opportunities.
About Arviat
Alternate Name: Eskimo Point
Local Meaning: Bowhead Whale |
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Arviat is located on the western shores of the Hudson Bay. Arviat is known as the "Gateway to Nunavut". The community offers visitors the chance to explore many historic sites in and near the community. This area was first populated by the Paallirmiut Inuit who hunted seals, whales and walrus.Arviat is also known for its northern wildlife and a flourishing Inuit culture.
You'll discover Arviat's past and present at the Margaret Aniksak Visitors' Center. The centre houses displays of Inuit culture and wildlife interpretative displays. The Inuit carvers here use the hard grey rock from the shores of Hudson Bay. Traditional arts and crafts, such as shaman dolls and fabric have made the Arviatmiut famous. Inuit women fashion garments from caribou hides, seal skins, wolf, polar bear and fox skins to protect northern inhabitants from the winter cold.
Naturalist tours introduce visitors to the region's abundant flora and fauna of the tundra. Tours include snowmobile safaris, tundra adventures, floe edge tours and polar bear migration adventures. You can visit historic Inuit settlements and hunting camps on Hudson Bay's west coast. Summertime activities include photographic expeditions of wildlife, bird and waterfowl, wildflowers, and important archaeological sites. Travel the traditional routes of the Inuit people on Maguse Lake and see the undisturbed remains of the ancient Thule, ancestors of the Inuit.
For the Curious in Arviat
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Animals: Polar Bears, Beluga Whales, Seals, Arctic Fox, Walrus, Caribou |
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Birds: Geese, Sand hill Cranes, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Snowy Owls, Peregrine Falcons, Gyrfalcons, Sandpipers, Plovers, Phalaropes, Arctic Terns, Gulls, Jaegers |
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Flora: Naturalist Tours |
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Water & Ice: Floe Edge Tours |
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Arts & Crafts: Carving, Shaman Dolls, Painting, Wall Hangings, Beadwork, Weaving, Pottery, Garments |
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Music & Dance: Drum dances, Throat Singing |
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Archeology: Arvia'juaq archeological site, Thule sites, ancient qajaq stands |
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Traders & Whalers: Old Fur Trade Post, York Boat |
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Museums & Parks: Margaret Aniksak Visitors Centre, McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary |
For the Adventurous in Arviat
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