Nunavut Adventures

I figured it was about time to start a thread. New member to the forum although I am on a couple other forums. I grew up outside New Liskead and stayed for 22yrs, then off to BC for 6yrs and have been in Iqaluit Nunavut for the past 9 months. I'll keep posting update on here as our adventure continues. Most pictures are from the summer and fall as we are just seeing warmer weather after 3 months of -50 to -60. And by warmer weather I mean -20 to -30 haha.

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Great pictures,Provider. It's a vast,beautiful land. So,what do you do for a living and how long will you be there......if you don't mind me asking?

Please keep them coming.

Awesome pics! Definitely on my to-do list... getting to the north. Keep the stories / pics coming!

FishFrenzy

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Great pictures,Provider. It's a vast,beautiful land. So,what do you do for a living and how long will you be there......if you don't mind me asking?

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My original job that I came up here for fell through just before I got here. I currently work for an airline, the pay sucks but the flight and cargo benefits make it worth it. Very expensive to fly up here from Ottawa. My wife make 3x more than me so she's the bread winner. Currently working on another Plan A and if that falls through I'' be taking a couple college courses this fall.

When we original decided to come up here we said 5-7years. We've been here 9 months and we figure tops 2 more years. What really gets me is the public school system is not very good. I don't want my kids to fall behind. My family and I are still pretty young, I'll be 29 in June, wife is 25 and we have a 6 and 4 yr old daughters. We're already to settle down. Get some land and a small hobby farm. The hard part is choosing where to move next. My wife has always lived in BC. We like BC but it is expensive. Right now we're thinking possibly Ontario, northern BC or the Yukon. We aren't city folks. I grew up in Northern Ontario and enjoyed it. Miss all the small lakes for fishing. Plus we could get some quite a few acres of land plus an additional property for a cottage or cabin for what we would get a small acreage in BC for.

Frozen ocean

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One of the first things you notice up here of course is everyone where fur and for good reason. Plus its nothing to see a guy walking through town with a couple of rifle on his way down to the boat or ski dooing through town with a rifle on his back. How far would you make it anywhere else going through town with an uncased rifle?

Great pics Provider, thanks for the share.

My wife and I had considered going far north with our young family for a couple years as well. I knew what it would entail, but i'm not sure the bride truly grasped what a culture and life change it would be.

While i'm a little sad for my own sense of adventure and lost hunting & exploring opportunities... i'm overall glad we didn't do it. It can be a very hard life, and like you're experiencing cost of living + frustrating employment fluctuation + weak family geared infrastructure was enough to scare me off.

I definitely hope things work out for you and you continue to enjoy your time up there.

If you think BC was expensive... I wouldn't really consider moving to ON. Overall it's still a good province to live and work in... but it's trending downward. Costs of living are increasing much higher/faster than they should for a land-of-plenty, and there has been no improvement in the near-record high unemployment rate for 3 years.

The hunting isn't quite as I expected up here. I hope to get out more but as of Jan 1rst they have banned caribou hunting on Baffin Island due to the herd has decreased 95% since the 1990's. Good that they put a ban on it though till it can improve. I would have to fly to main land for caribou or muskox hunting. Waterfowl hunting is suppose to be decent her and so it ptarmigan hunting. If I choose to hunt wolves or arctic hare I'll need to get permission from the hunting and trapping association before I can purchase a license.

Extremely hard to get polar bear tags if your not an inuit. Don't believe the lies though that there are very few polar bears. Tons of them. Hunters in the fall were seeing just as many polar bears as caribou.

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Great pics Provider, thanks for the share.

My wife and I had considered going far north with our young family for a couple years as well. I knew what it would entail, but i'm not sure the bride truly grasped what a culture and life change it would be.

While i'm a little sad for my own sense of adventure and lost hunting & exploring opportunities... i'm overall glad we didn't do it. It can be a very hard life, and like you're experiencing cost of living + frustrating employment fluctuation + weak family geared infrastructure was enough to scare me off.

I definitely hope things work out for you and you continue to enjoy your time up there.

If you think BC was expensive... I wouldn't really consider moving to ON. Overall it's still a good province to live and work in... but it's trending downward. Costs of living are increasing much higher/faster than they should for a land-of-plenty, and there has been no improvement in the near-record high unemployment rate for 3 years.

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Its a very different culture. Alcohol and drug abuse is pretty extreme. Still lots of hate and racism towards "white people." Housing and food is expensive. Were paying over $3000 a month for rent. Luckily with my job I am allowed to fly in so much food a month for free so that helps a lot for the grocery bill.


BC is still way more expensive than Ontario in certain areas. Specially if you consider vehicle insurance which is privatised in BC and medical. I know the Ottawa area is exploding though just like the lower main land in BC. I was surprised to see how much prices have went up in Ontario since I moved 7yrs ago. My wife's home town in BC your looking at $500- $600 000 for no acreage and a fixer upper home. Jobs will probably be the outcome to where we move. Either place we'll be looking at more rural areas than not. I would be happy in both places. Plus I have family in both places so that helps us. I want my kids to know their cousins and grand parents.

Well if Ottawa is your choice move outside the city limits, lots of place under 250K with land if your willing to commute. Not a lot of hunting on Crown unless your willing to drive for an hour or so north. It is a great city, but like all cities..everything is going up.

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Kids Char fishing.
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Lol,I'm selling my 51 acre farm outside of Windsor next year. Excellent hunting for ducks,geese,Wild Turkey and deer.

Nee a while since I have checked in here. Looks like I have some updating to do! Been crazy busy.

Once the bay opened up wind pushed in old ice from ice bergs that blocked the bay and stopped the sea lift boats from unloading for quite a few days. A couple pieces of ice chunks.

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Been on a few hiking adventures and had some good finds as well.

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Will update this over the coming days before I head back to work