Gr.3/4 notes on Nunavut
facts
1. Flag - unvieled April 1,1999
north star & guide post - were used
to guide the native people
2. 1/5 of Canada - 2 093 190 Km
3.Capital - Iqaluit
4. Very little rainfall
- less than 10 in./yr
5.Native Inuit people were nomads
- followed their food
6.Official Symbols
- flower - arctic poppy
- bird -rock ptarmigan
7. Very cold - Jan. as low as -32C
- July avg. temp. 5C
8.Most travel done by snowmobile or plane
9. population - approx. 30,000
10. closs to the North Pole
11. Abb. NU