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'Cape Dorset' (Inuktitut: 'Kinngait'; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ) is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island^[1] near the southern tip of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuktitut name of the village means "high mountain".^[2]
As of the 2006 census the population was 1,236 an increase of 7.7% from the 2001 census.^[3]
Since the 1950s, Cape Dorset, which calls itself the "Capital of Inuit Art" has been a center for drawing, printmaking, and carving. Even today, printmaking and carving are the community's main economic activities. Each year, Kinngait Studios issues an annual print collection. Cape Dorset has been hailed as the most artistic community in Canada, with some 22% of the population employed in the arts.^[4]
Between the years of 1959 and 1974, Cape Dorset artists produced more than 48,000 prints. Well-known artists of Cape Dorset include Pudlo Pudlat and Kenojuak Ashevak. Her drawings of owls have appeared on Canadian stamps as well as a Canadian quarter. Inuit photographer and author Peter Pitseolak spent several years of his life living in Cape Dorset.

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See also

★ Cape Dorset Airport

References

1. Government of Nunavut - Communities
2. Cape Dorset history
3. 2006 census
4. Cape Dorset named most 'artistic' municipality from the CBC


★ Cape Dorset Artists

★ Cape Dorset homepage

★ The Cape Dorset Prints from the Library and Archives of Canada