Is Rankin Inlet, Nunavut worth visiting? (Exploring the hub city of Canada's Central Arctic) 🇨🇦

On the frozen shores of Hudson Bay, some 1500 km north of Winnipeg, lies the community of Rankin Inlet. Disconnected from the rest of the country (no roads connect Nunavut to the rest of Canada), the community is about as remote as you can get in Canada, with flights north running upwards of $2,000 to this isolated part of Canada. Though this hamlet of 2,800 people is small by 'southern' standards, it is veritable boomtown by Nunavut standards, and is the second largest community in Canada's 13th and newest territory.

Rankin Inlet is the perfect introduction to Nunavut territory, having many of the creature comforts of developed communities in southern Canada, yet not forsaking its Inuit heritage and unique cultural context. As the most important urban centre of the central Kivalliq region, Rankin Inlet is a hub of commerce and airs a more cosmopolitan and busy vibe than its neighbouring hamlets.

In this vlog, I take you around Rankin Inlet on a frigid day in December. Though there is not a ton to do in this small community, especially in the dead of winter, it's definitely "off the grid" and presents an appealing introduction to northern life in the Canadian Arctic.

00:00 Intro
00:32 Flying to Rankin Inlet
01:30 Arriving in Rankin Inlet
02:11 Kivalliq Regional Visitor Centre
04:33 Northern Store
06:39 Tim Horton's
07:17 The Inukshuk
10:30 Captain's Galley Restaurant
13:39 Afternoon Walk
16:51 Flying to Arviat
19:00 Outro

Vlog Number 137 | #Canada #Nunavut | #RankinInlet | Filmed December 2021

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Only This Matters by Ten Towers
Below Horizon by Luwaks
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