Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park

Kugluk, also known as Bloody Falls Territorial Park, is a small park on the Coppermine River in Nunavut where the river narrows through rocky cliffs into a waterfall in a rich Arctic landscape. Though modest in size, it preserves evidence of human use over thousands of years, including campsites and dwellings associated with First Nations, Inuit, Early Paleoeskimo, Taltheilei Shale, and Thule peoples. It is also known in colonial history for the Bloody Falls massacre, in which Samuel Hearne's Chipewyan guides killed Copper Inuit at the falls. Still used by Inuit from Kugluktuk for hunting and fishing, it also supports tourism and river travel.

Nunavut · Canada