Arctic Trading Company

Churchill


Stocks antler carvings, some Inuit stone sculpture, psychedelic paintings by local Cree artist Allan Chapman, bone jewelry, caribou hair-tufting art, appliqué and felt art from around Baffin Island and locally made beaded moccasins and mukluks.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Churchill attractions

1. Parks Canada Museum

0.17 MILES

There's a small museum and nature center in the train station along with the Parks Canada info desk. It has a good model of the fort and excellent nature…

2. Itsanitaq Museum

0.29 MILES

This one-room museum showcases an exceptional collection of Inuit carvings made of whalebone, soapstone and caribou antler, as well as millennia-old…

3. Cape Merry

1.54 MILES

A lone cannon behind a crumbling wall is all that's left of the battery built at Cape Merry, 2km northwest of town. It's an incredibly beautiful location…

5. Miss Piggy

3.27 MILES

Out toward the airport lies the wreck of a Curtiss C-46 freight plane that crashed here in 1979 after developing engine trouble, but without a single…

6. Fort Churchill

3.27 MILES

Amid the undulating rocks, late-season ice and scraggy, stunted trees looms a Cold War relic. Just north of the airport, Fort Churchill was Canada's Cape…

7. Polar Bear Jail

3.76 MILES

Located in a former aircraft hangar near the airport, this secure facility serves as holding center for problem polar bears who repeatedly turn up in…