East Canadian Arctic Kayak

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Arima, Eugene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
• Subjects: Artifacts; Design and construction; History; Hunting; Inuit; Kayaks; Marine mammals; Baffin Island waters; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Greenland; Labrador; Labrador waters; Arctic; Kayak; Baffin; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64664

This profile discusses the various designs of the East Canadian Arctic kayak. Several main regional styles are distinguished as North Baffin, northwest Greenland (c. 1860-1930), East and South Baffin and north Labrador, Atlantic Labrador, and West Labrador; finer distinctions are also possible. Alth...