Bloody Falls

Bloody Falls

Bloody Falls (or Kogluktok ) is a rapids in Nunavut , Canada . It is 15 kilometers above the confluence of the Coppermine River in the Arctic Ocean .

The British researcher Samuel Hearne named it after the Bloody Falls Massacre , in which around 20 people were killed in 1771. Kugluktuk , the closest settlement, is nearly 10 miles away.

Bloody Falls was declared a National Historic Site in 1978 .

Inuit archeological finds were found near Bloody Falls, probably around 1300 BC. Lived. The Inuit still use the area as a fish camp today.

Web links

Commons : Kugluk / Bloody Falls Territorial Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bloody Falls ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .

Coordinates: 67 ° 44 ′ 29 "  N , 115 ° 22 ′ 14"  W.