Blacklead Island Whaling Station

Site Name: Blacklead Island Whaling Station
Description: One of the most important whaling stations and wintering sites in Cumberland Sound from the 1860s until the early 20th century; a good example of a contact-period Inuit village
Date: 1860 (established)
Location: Blacklead Island, Nunavut
Region: North
Geolocation : 64.98306, -66.20000
Designated: 1985




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