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Cape Dorset

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Cape Dorset

Hamlet in the Baffin Region on Dorset Island, just off the Foxe Peninsula of southwest Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut; population (1996 est) 1,100. Once a Hudson's Bay Company Trading post, it is now a centre for Inuit artists and printmakers; seal hunting is also important.

Archaeological remains in the area have given a name to the Dorset culture of 500 BC-1000 AD.

Features include the Migratory Bird Sanctuary (1958) and Mallikjuaq Historic Park. The area also contains part of the Nunavut Arctic College (1984) and an airport.



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Designed by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak, 78, of Cape Dorset, and created by Toronto stained glass artist Sue Obata, the window portrays a large, snowy owl and an arctic char--both symbols of Canada's north.
College chapel window is a first in Inuit art world by Paddey, Patricia / Anglican Journal
He served parishes in Salluit, Cape Dorset and Baker Lake, both in Nunavut, and Yellowknife, N.
Ontario, Arctic bishops announce retirement by De Santis, Solange / Anglican Journal
a serigraph print of the head of Christ with a crown of thorns; and Arctic Angel (1969), a stonecut by renowned Inuit printmaker Pudlo Pudlat of Cape Dorset.
Christian artwork exhibited (at Canadian Museum of Civilization) by Careless, Sue / Anglican Journal
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