Bathurst Inlet Canada Travel Information

Welcome to Bathurst Inlet

Bathhurst Inlet is a small Inuit community located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory. The Inuit name for the community is Kingaun or Qingaut, meaning 'nose mountain', which refers to a hill close to the community. The traditional language of the area was Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. The Bathurst Inlet Lodge is a popular destination for tourists who wish to see a more traditional type Inuit lifestyle and wildlife such as foxes, seals, Barren-ground caribou, arctic char and muskox. Also in the area is the Wilberforce Falls, the highest waterfall above the Arctic Circle. Like other communities in Nunavut, the only access is by aircraft. Although most tourists arrive from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, it is possible to charter an aircraft from Cambridge Bay. The community has no local phone service and contact with the outside world is maintained by satellite phone.