Port Refuge

Port Refuge is located off the south coast of Grinnell Peninsula in a small bay on the south coast of Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada.[3][4] The site received its current name by Sir Edward Belcher when he sought refuge there in 1852-1853 from moving ice during his voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition.[5]

Port Refuge
Port Refuge is located in Nunavut
Port Refuge
Port Refuge is located in Canada
Port Refuge
Port Refuge (Canada)
LocationNunavut, Canada
Coordinates76°18′0″N 94°43′0″W[1]
Established19 June 1978

Port Refuge contains archaeological evidence of early human occupation of the High Arctic over the last 4000 years. There is evidence of Paleo-Eskimo and Pre-Dorset culture occupations.[5] Earliest occupation was Independence I culture at approximately 2000 BCE. There is evidence of the Thule culture occupation from 1200 to 1500 CE.[4][5]

There is a Thule winter village including five winter houses near the entrance to the bay containing Norse and Asiatic objects.[3] These show evidence of trade with medieval Norse colonies of Greenland.[4]

Port Refuge was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1978.[3]

References
  1. "Port Refuge". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Port Refuge". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. Port Refuge National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.
  4. Port Refuge National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  5. McGhee, Robert (8 July 2014). "Port Refuge". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.

Further reading
  • McGhee, Robert (1979). "Independence I Occupations at Port Refuge". Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 8–86. doi:10.2307/j.ctt22zmf1t.4. ISBN 978-1-7728-2087-4.
  • McGhee, Robert (1979). "The Pre-Dorset Occupation of Port Refuge". Palaeoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 87–106. doi:10.2307/j.ctt22zmf1t.5. ISBN 978-1-7728-2087-4.
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