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Kazan River

Harvaqtuuq

ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᑰ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕚᓐ


Province
Nunavut
Length
615km

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Natural Heritage

ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᑰᖓ ᑰᓐᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᖏᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᒃᑯᑦ, 615 ᑭᓚᒦᑕᓂᑦ ᑕᑭᓂᓕᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑰᓐᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ Ennadai Lake−ᖓᓂᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ.

ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᒪᖓ, ᓇᐹᑐᖏᑦ, ᐱᑕᖃᕈᑎ, ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᓯᐳᕉᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᕌᒃ, ᐅᖓᑕᐅᔾᔨᒐᔪᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᒦᑕᒥᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐅᔭᖅᑲᖃᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓯᐅᕋᓕᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᐅ ᐃᑭᐊᖓᓃᖔᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᒪᒥᓃᑦ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᐃᑦ ᓇᓂᔭ.ᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒥᔪᑦᖅ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᑦ. ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐱ)ᒪᔭᐅᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᕕᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᐃᑦ ᖁᓕᕇᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓂᕆᒧᑦ ᓯᐅᕋᕐᓄᑦ 1.8 ᐱᓕᐊᖑᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᑰᖓᓂ.

ᐃᓚᖓᓂᑦ ᑰᖓᓂᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᖃᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᒪᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓂᕈᑭᑦᑎᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑕᓐᓂᓕᓐᓂᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᔭᔅᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᑰᖓᓂ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑰᓐᓂᐅᔪᑦ, ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑕᓐᓂᓖᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᑲᑕᓐᓂᓕᖓ.

Cultural Heritage

ᖃᐅᔨᔭᔅᓴᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᒐᓱᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅᑐᑦ ᑰᖓᖑᑕ ᑭᓪᓕᖓᓂ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ. ᑐᑦᑐᒐᓱᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᑎᐊᖅ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᒧᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒪᖏᓐᓂᑦ 

ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᕌᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑰᖓᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ 5,000−ᖑᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᓇᐹᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑭᓪᓕᖏᓐᓅᐸᑦᑐᑎ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᐸᓯᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒧᑦ. ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᓄᓇᖑᐊᒦᓚᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ J.B. ᑕᐃᕆᐅᓪ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᔨ ᑰᖓᓂ, ᑲᓅᒃᑰᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒪᖃᕐᕕᖏᓐᓂᑦ Forde Lakeᔾᒧᑦ 1894−ᒥᑦ

Recreational Heritage

ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ, ᔪᓚᐃᒥᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᒧᑦ, ᐃᐳᖃᑦᑕᑏᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑰᖓᓂᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᑭᓪᓕᖓᓂᑦ ᑐᑎᐱᕐᕕᖃᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᐱᕐᕕᓕᒫᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᔅᓴᐅᓂᐅᓴᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᒥᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᐊᓗᒥᑦ 

ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᐱᕐᕕᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓗᕖᑦ. ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᕕᓴᑦᑕᐅᖏᓪᓗᑎ.ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔪᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖃᕐᕕᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᖏᑦ, ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᖃᕐᕖᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᐃᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᓗᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᖄᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᔨᒧᑦ.  “. 

ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᕝᕕᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᔪᖅ ᑰᖓᓂ. ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᒎᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᑰᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕿᑎᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᓱᕝᕕᖏᑎᒍᑦ.  ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᑐᑦᑐ, ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᖃᑦᑲᑕᕐᕙᓗᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᖐᕐᕕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᑎᒻᒥᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᒐᔪᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᑦ: ᓇᐅᔭᕕᐊᑦ, ᑲᖑᐃᑦ, ᐅᑉᐱᔾᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ.

Fun Fact

ᓄᑖᖅ: ᐃᐳᑦᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓅᒃᑰᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᖏᕋᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅᑯᑦ ᕿᒪᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᒥᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᔅᒥ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᔭᖅᑑᖅ ᑲᑕᓐᓂᓕᖓᓂᑦ 1970−ᖏᓐᓂᑦ. 1992−ᒥᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐲᖅᒻᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᓯᓕᕈᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᓪᓚᕆᒥᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᓕᕆᕕᖓᓂᑦ.

ᑰᑉ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖏᑦ

ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᑰᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑐᑎᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᒐᓚᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ  ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓄᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᕕᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ..

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ᔪᓚᐃᒥ 1990, ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ, 615 ᑭᓚᒦᑕᓂᑦ ᓴᖅᕙᖅᑑᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᑰᖑᓪᓗᓂ.

ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓ ᑐᓐᖓᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑰᖓ ᓄᓇᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑐᑦᑐᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᖏᕋᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᙵᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓ ᑐᑦᑐᒐᓱᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᕐᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑰᖓᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱ_ᑯᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑰᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ.

Partners

  • Kivalliq Inuit Association and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Plaque Text

The Canadian Heritage River plaques offer a brief glimpse into why a river has been designated to the System. They are often located nearby one of its historically significant locations, and highlight some of the most important natural, cultural and recreational values of the river. 

Kazan River Plaque Text

The Kazan River - The Kazan River valley is the home of the Caribou Inuit, the first people to live year-round on the treeless barrens. Here they have depended for generation on the vast caribou herds that migrate seasonally across the river. The Kazan was unknown to Europeans until 1770, when it was crossed by Samuel Hearne, and unmapped until 1894, when it was surveyed by the renowned Canadian scientist J.B. Tyrrell. Today, this wild river, cascading through the rugged Precambrian Shield, offers experienced canoeists spectacular whitewater and views of abundant wildlife, as well as insights into the Inuit way of life. For these outstanding features, the Kazan River has been proclaimed a Canadian Heritage River.