Iqaluit Attractions

The tourist will find all he needs in the way of equipment and guides, etc., while the range of goods available, such as jewelry, carvings, parkas, is excellent.

The most important event held here is Toonik Tyme in the third week in April, a festival with competitions and entertainment, such as beard-growing competitions, igloo-building, dog and snowmobile races, tea-making, traditional singing and dancing. This event celebrates the end of winter and is in honor of the Tooniks, the legendary strong little ancestors of the Inuit. The culmination is the "coronation" of Mr Toonik, who arrives on a dog-sleigh to open the festivities.

Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut.