With its proximity to Nunavut's capital Iqaluit, the Sylvia Grinnell (also known as Iqaluit Kuunga) Territorial Park is the most visited park in the territory. The smooth rock you see today was shaped by a glacier that was more than 400 meters thick. Okay, this was also more than 7,000 years ago. Today, you walk through a landscape dotted with boulders and low-growing plants. The Sylvia Grinnell River flows through the park and empties into Frobisher Bay. Still a very popular place to fish, it has been used for fishing Arctic char for centuries, especially by the Inuit during the summer months.
If you want to learn more about the area's history, you can take part in a geocache puzzle located within the park. By the way, the park was named after Henry Grinnells daughter. Henry was a businessman who funded the expedition of the American explorer Charles Francis Hall. To commemorate his patron, Hall named several places in the area after Henry Grinnell's family members.