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This 21 km (13 mi) stretch of Highway connects the town of Arctic Bay to the former mining town of Nanisivik. The road also gained world fame for a number of years when it was used for the Midnight Sun Marathon run but has become less important when the mine shut down in 2002. The mine was later contaminated with lead.
Nanisivik (Inuktitut: ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ, lit. 'the place where people find things'; / n ə ˈ n iː s ɪ v ɪ k / ) is a now-abandoned company town which was built in 1975 to support the lead-zinc mining and mineral processing operations for the Nanisivik Mine , in production between 1976 and 2002.
When the nearby mining town of Nanisivik closed in 2006, residents of Arctic Bay had hoped to boost their housing and public facilities with buildings relocated from Nanisivik, but those hopes were dashed due to lead-zinc contamination. However, a church was relocated from Nanisivik to Arctic Bay in April 2007.
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Nanisivik Airport, formerly (IATA: YSR, ICAO: CYSR), was located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Nanisivik, [3] Nunavut, Canada, and was operated by the Government of Nunavut. Although Nanisivik Mine [ 4 ] closed in September 2002, the airport was in operation until 2011 and served the community of Arctic Bay . [ 5 ]
Nanisivik: Breakwater Resources: 1976 2002 [1] Polaris Mine: Zinc, lead Resolute: Cominco: 1981 2002 Canada's northernmost mine. ...
The Nanisivik Naval Facility (French: installation navale de Nanisivik) is a Canadian Forces naval facility on Baffin Island, Nunavut. The station is built at the former lead-zinc mine site near the former company town of Nanisivik .
Nunavut. This is a list of airports in Nunavut.It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.