Timmianut Pikiuqarvik ( iu, ᑎᒻᒥᐊᓄᑦ ᐱᑭᐅᖃᕐᕕᒃ, "where birds nest") is an 18-hole

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course in Iqaluit,

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, located South of

Iqaluit Airport Iqaluit Airport ( iu, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ) serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the city. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet ...

, between Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park and Frobisher Bay. Since its establishment in 2007, it is the only disc golf course in Nunavut and the third course in the Canadian Territories. The course is notable for being completely devoid of trees, since it is one of only a handful disc golf courses located North of the

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. This course used to be the most Northern course in Canada, however in 2021, Crocus Bluff Disc Golf Course was created in Dawson City,

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Tourism

Because of its remoteness, the course is poorly known and rarely played, but often wish-listed by members of the disc golf community. In 2018 and 2019, Iqaluit's Timmianut Pikiuqarvik disc golf course received a brief mention in the Iqaluit Visitor's Guide as an amenity that can be enjoyed in the city.

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