The locality Tavani (TA-vuh-nee) was a mining settlement and
trading post
A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded.
Typically a trading post allows people from one geogr ...
in the
Kivalliq Region
The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an Region, administrative List of regions of Nunavut, region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island ...
of
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, Canada. Sometimes known as Tavane, it is located on western
Hudson Bay
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's
Mistake Bay, south of the community of
Whale Cove and east of
Kaminak Lake.
History
Tavani was established in the summer of 1928 by Dominion Explorers Limited, a mineral exploration company, who used it as an aerial base for prospecting activity along the Hudson Bay coastline.
Guy Blanchet, party leader, overwintered at the base in 1928/1929. Dominion Explorers sold the buildings to the
Hudson's Bay Company
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in the fall of 1929, moving its aerial base to
Baker Lake and other areas of the north.
Geology
The
precambrian
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geology of Tavani, nearby
Marble Island, and
Chesterfield Inlet are described by Tella in a 1986
Geological Survey of Canada
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report.
See also
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List of communities in Nunavut
This is a list of communities in Nunavut, Canada. Many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun, while others are primarily known by their Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun names. As of the 2016 census the popula ...
References
External links
Map
Ghost towns in Nunavut
Mining communities in Nunavut
Former populated places in the Kivalliq Region
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Nunavut
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