WHALING STATIONS
Explore the historic remains of a whaling station on the small, uninhabited island of Kekerten, and imagine what life was like long ago. Settled in 1840 by Captain William Penny, a Scottish whaler, the area is now a National Historic Site of Canada. During the height of bowhead whaling in the late 1800s, the station was the most important one in the Cumberland Sound area (the slopes along the harbor were ideal for scouting whale activity). The site represents the impact that the industry had on the culture and economy of the Inuit in the sound as locals adapted to the rhythm of the whaler’s year.
Traditional tents created out of whale bone and skin
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