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Whale Cove (ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ in Inuktitut syllabics) (''Tikiraqjuaq'', meaning "long point"), is a hamlet located south of Rankin Inlet, north of Arviat, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, on the western shore of Hudson Bay. The community is named for the many beluga whales which congregate of the coast. Many of the inhabitants hunt these whales every fall and use their by-products for their oil and food. Whale Cove, initially settled by three distinct Inuit groups (one inland and two coastal), is a relatively traditional community: 99% Inuit, who still wear fur, hunt, fish, eat raw meat and fish. Whale Cove is on the polar bear migration route. Local Inuit, regularly travel by snowmobile in the winter or by boat in summer months between the hamlet of Rankin Inlet and Whale Cove a distance of . The terrain is arctic tundra, this consists mostly of rocks, mosses and lichens. As of the 2006 census, the population was 353, an increase of 15.7% from the 2001 census.〔(2006 census )〕 ==History== Inuit in the Whale Cove area traded whale oil, baleen, furs, leather and walrus tusks with the Hudson's Bay Company since the mid-18th century when the HBC established their trading post at Churchill, Manitoba. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whale Cove, Nunavut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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