Pond Inlet, Nunavut

Welcome to Pond Inlet

Pond Inlet is located on Eclipse Sound on the northern side of Baffin Island. Often called the "Jewel of the Baffin," Pond Inlet is surrounded by beautiful scenery and abundant wildlife. This abundant and diverse selection of wildlife has made Pond Inlet a favorite hunting and fishing location for over 4,000 years.

Across the sound from Pond Inlet is the panoramic Bylot Island. Bylot Island has been a bird sanctuary for many years. It has recently become part of the Sirmilik National Park, one of three Canadian national parks created in 1999.

Pond Inlet is also called Mittimatalik- which means "Where is Mittima?" but who Mittima was remains a mystery.
This area has been inhabited for over four thousand years by the Inuit and their predecessors, the Dorset and Thule. American and Scottish whalers frequently visited the area early in the 19th century.

The Sauniq Hotel in Pond Inlet

Icebergs at Pond Inlet

Picturesque Eclipse Sound

Pond Inlet Visitors Centre

While you're in Pond Inlet:

• orient to the Arctic at the Pond Inlet Visitors Centre
• photograph the icebergs
• kayak to the Floe Edge
• visit a traditional sod house
• go bird watching on Bylot Island
• visit Sirmilik National Park, one of Canada's newest national parks
• see soapstone carvers at work using local red and green soapstone
• watch for bowhead, beluga and killer whales
• experience Arctic mountain climbing
• visit the hoodoos on Brodeur Peninsula