Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet, called Kangiqtiniq or 'deep inlet' in Inuktitut, opens onto the western shore of Hudson Bay. Near the mouth of the Meliadine River, the remains of ancient sod houses at Qamaviniqtalik recall generations of Inuit life in the region. Thule people and later Caribou Inuit occupied the site over several centuries, fishing and hunting in the country around the inlet. Offshore lies Marble Island, where the ships of the explorer James Knight were lost in the early eighteenth century.