New map for Nunavut’s Auyuittuq National Park features Inuktitut place names

Historians hope the hundreds of Inuktitut place names will help visitors see the land as having a deep Inuit history.

By Courtney Edgar, Nunatsiaq News October 2, 2018
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A new Parks Canada map for Auyuittuq National Park has plenty of new names on it — and they’re written in the Inuit language.

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