Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik)

An Inuit Hamlet Below The Baffin Mountains On The East Coast, A Base For Floe Edge Trips, Polar Bear And Narwhal Viewing And For Ski And Climbing Trips Towards Sam Ford Fjord And Auyuittuq. Local Outfitters And The Hunters And Trappers Organization Arrange Visits. A Small Community With A Short And Expensive Visiting Season · Clyde River, Nunavut

Clyde River, Kangiqtugaapik in Inuktitut, is an Inuit hamlet of about 1,100 people on the east coast of Baffin Island, set beside Patricia Bay below a wall of the Baffin Mountains. It is reached only by scheduled flight, normally from Iqaluit, and it is not a sightseeing town: there is no old quarter, no tour desk and no fixed programme. What it offers is access. Local outfitters and the Hunters and Trappers Organization take small parties onto the sea ice in spring to the floe edge, onto the water in summer for narwhal, seals and icebergs, and toward the fjords and glaciers that run inland, including Sam Ford Fjord and the approaches to Auyuittuq. Visitor services are a co-op store, a small lodge or guest house and a few takeaway counters (confirm). The season is short, the costs are high, and plans bend to weather and ice, so go with patience and a flexible calendar. Go with patience, because ice and weather decide each day.

Clyde River, a hamlet of about 1,100 people on the east coast of Baffin Island beside Patricia Bay, reached by scheduled flight from Iqaluit; coordinates approximate, Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada

Clyde River keeps no visiting hours because it is a living community. The co-op store, the lodge and any community hall keep their own hours, often a weekday pattern of roughly 9 to 5 with shorter days at weekends - confirm by phone. Floe-edge trips run roughly April to June while the fast ice holds, and boat trips run roughly July to September in open water. The sun does not set for weeks around midsummer, while midwinter brings long darkness and few visitor services. Walking the shore and the town costs nothing at any hour. Sundays and public holidays are quiet, so buy food and fuel the day before.

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