Tavani, Nunavut

Abandoned settlement in Nunavut, Canada

The locality Tavani (TA-vuh-nee) was a mining settlement and trading post in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Sometimes known as Tavane, it is located on western Hudson Bay's Mistake Bay, 31.3 km (19.4 mi) south of the community of Whale Cove and 97 km (60 mi) east of Kaminak Lake.[1]

## History

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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 in the fall of 1929, moving its aerial base to Baker Lake and other areas of the north.

## Geology

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The precambrian geology of Tavani, nearby Marble Island, and Chesterfield Inlet are described by Tella in a 1986 Geological Survey of Canada report.[2]

## See also

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* List of communities in Nunavut

## References

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1. ^ "Tavani, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
2. ^ Tella, Subhas (1986). Precambrian Geology of Parts of Tavani, Marble Island, and Chesterfield Inlet Map Areas, District of Keewatin A Progress Report. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. ISBN 0-660-12113-1.

## External links

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* Map[permanent dead link]

62°04′N 093°06′W﻿ / ﻿62.067°N 93.100°W﻿ / 62.067; -93.100﻿ (Tavani)[1]

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Subdivisions of Nunavut

Regions|

* Kitikmeot (Unorganized)
* Kivalliq (Unorganized)
* Qikiqtaaluk (Unorganized)

Electoral districts|

| Federal|

* Nunavut

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Territorial|

* Aggu
* Aivilik
* Amittuq
* Arviat North-Whale Cove
* Arviat South
* Baker Lake
* Cambridge Bay
* Gjoa Haven
* Hudson Bay
* Iqaluit-Manirajak
* Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu
* Iqaluit-Sinaa
* Iqaluit-Tasiluk
* Kugluktuk
* Netsilik
* Pangnirtung
* Quttiktuq
* Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet
* Rankin Inlet South
* South Baffin
* Tununiq
* Uqqummiut

Communities|

* Arctic Bay
* Arviat
* Baker Lake
* Bathurst Inlet
* Cambridge Bay
* Chesterfield Inlet
* Clyde River
* Coral Harbour
* Gjoa Haven
* Grise Fiord
* Igloolik
* Iqaluit Apex
* Kimmirut
* Kinngait
* Kugaaruk
* Kugluktuk
* Naujaat
* Pangnirtung
* Pond Inlet
* Qikiqtarjuaq
* Rankin Inlet
* Resolute
* Sanikiluaq
* Sanirajak
* Taloyoak
* Whale Cove

Weather stations and
Canadian Armed Forces bases|

* Alert
* CFS Alert
* Ennadai
* Eureka
* Isachsen
* Nanisivik Naval Facility

Mine sites|

| Operating|

* Baffinland Iron Mine
* Doris North
* Meadowbank Gold Mine

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Defunct|

Bent Horn Mine

* Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine
* Jericho Diamond Mine
* Lupin Mine
* Nanisivik Mine
* Polaris mine
* Rankin Inlet Mine

DEW line and NWS sites|

* Bernard Harbour
* Bray Island
* Brevoort Island
* Broughton Island
* Byron Bay
* Cambridge Bay
* Cape Dyer
* Cape Hooper
* Cape Mcloughlin
* Cape Mercy
* Cape Peel West
* Cape Young
* Clifton Point
* Clinton Point
* Croker River
* Dewar Lakes
* Durban Island
* Edinburgh Island
* Ekalugad
* Gjoa Haven
* Gladman Point
* Harding River
* Hat Island
* Kangok Fjord
* Keats Point
* Keith Bay
* Kivitoo
* Lady Franklin Point
* Lailor River
* Loks Land
* Longstaff Bluff
* Mackar Inlet
* Matheson Point
* Nudluardjuk Lake
* Pelly Bay
* Qikiqtaryuaq
* Resolution Island
* Ross Point
* Rowley Island
* Sanirajak
* Scarpa Lake
* Shepherd Bay
* Simpson Lake
* Sturt Point

Former|

* Amadjuak
* Brooman Point Village
* Craig Harbour
* Dundas Harbour
* Iglunga
* Killiniq
* Nanisivik
* Native Point
* Nuwata
* Padlei
* Port Leopold
* Tavani

Hudson's Bay Company
trading posts|

* Amadjuak
* Apex
* Arctic Bay
* Baker Lake
* Bathurst Inlet
* Bay Chimo
* Belcher Islands
* Blacklead Island
* Cambridge Bay
* Cape Dorset
* Charlton Island Depot
* Chesterfield Inlet
* Clyde River
* Coats Island
* Dundas Harbour
* Eskimo Point
* Fort Hearne
* Fort Ross
* Frobisher Bay
* Gjoa Haven
* Igloolik
* Kent Peninsula
* King William Island
* Kugaryuak
* Lake Harbour
* Mansel Island
* Nueltin House
* Padley
* Pangnirtung
* Pangnirtung Fox Farm
* Perry River
* Ponds Inlet
* Port Burwell
* Port Leopold
* Repulse Bay
* Southampton Island
* Tavane
* Tree River
* Wager Inlet

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