Below, you will find detailed information about this site: Kekerten Island Whaling Station
Site Name:
Kekerten Island Whaling Station
Description:
The remains of a whaling station, as well as a burial ground and a shipwreck; symbolic of whaling in the Eastern Arctic and of the economic and cultural impact of the whaling on the Inuit in the region
Date:
1857 (established)
Location:
Cumberland Sound, Nunavut
Region:
North
Geolocation:
65.7 , -65.8
Designated:
1985
