Rymer Point
{{Short description|Cape in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut}}
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| location = Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = Kitikmeot
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Rymer Point is a cape in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut. It is located on southwestern Victoria Island's Wollaston Peninsula, facing the Dolphin and Union Strait. Clouston Bay ({{coord|69|03|N|113|33|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes={{Cite cgndb|OADNX|Clouston Bay|access-date=21 May 2024}}|name=Clouston Bay}}) is situated along the north shoreline. Nuvuk Point ({{coord|69|01|45|N|113|37|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes={{Cite cgndb|OAMAZ|Nuvuk Point|access-date=21 May 2024}}|name=Nuvuk Point}}) is on the southwest side, jutting into Simpson Bay ({{coord|69|05|N|114|20|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle|notes={{Cite cgndb|OAPAL|Simpson Bay|access-date=21 May 2024}}|name=Simpson Bay}}).
Geography
The low cliffs of Rymer Point are characterized by carbonate rock.{{cite book|last=Washburn|first=Albert Lincoln |title=Reconnaissance geology of portions of Victoria Island and adjacent regions, Arctic Canada |publisher=Geological Society of America|year=1947|series=Volume 22 of Memoir (Geological Society of America)|pages=23|isbn=9780598112699 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZYPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22rymer+point%22+victoria+island}}
History
Various trading posts operated at Rymer Point, including one by the Hudson's Bay Company, named Fort Harmon, and another by the Christian Klengenberg family.{{cite web|url=http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/Angulalk/hudsons/scottyg/scotty.htm|title=Scotty Gall|work=kitikmeotheritage.ca|access-date=22 February 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/Christian_Klengenberg_The_rest_of_the_story/|title=Christian Klengenberg: The rest of the story|last=Harper|first=Kenn |date=March 12, 2009|work=Taissumani|publisher=Nunatsiaq Online|access-date=28 November 2009}}
References
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{{Peninsulas of Nunavut}}
Category:Peninsulas of Kitikmeot Region
Category:Headlands of Kitikmeot Region
Category:Victoria Island (Canada)
Category:Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region
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