Clyde River
The community of Clyde River sits on the threshold of a spectacular fiord landscape on the east coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut. Clyde River is poised to benefit from the growing number of visitors to Nunavut seeking ecologically based recreational pursuits that allow them to interact with natural and cultural resources. Ten fiords are found within a 100 km radius of the community, including Sam Ford Fiord, the site of world renowned vertical climbing walls featured in mountaineering publications and the January 1999 National Geographic feature "Hitting the Wall". The neighboring scenery around Clyde River includes inlets, glaciers, floodplains, bays, ice caps, icebergs, and tundra slopes. Wildlife abounds in the surrounding landscape, including polar bears, seals, narwhal, bowhead whales, caribou, hare, arctic fox, and numerous species of birds.
A feasibility study has been initiated investigating the potential for a territorial park attraction in the Clyde River area's, and exploring the significance of increased tourism on the community of Clyde River and the areas natural and cultural resources. The feasibility study will identify the geographic locations where an attraction may be realized, the type of attraction(s) that may be developed, the support facilities required for the attraction(s), as well as identifying the potential benefits of the proposed tourism attractions to the community of Clyde River
