DID News Alert May 10, 2012. A new concern has been raised about
Baffinland’s proposed 150-kilometre railway from the mine to
Steensby Inlet. The railway will run along a chain of roughly
100 inuksuit that extends for over six kilometres near the mouth
of Steensby Inlet. Carleton University archaeologist Sylvie
LeBlanc considers it the longest intact chain of inuksuit in the
world; some are over 4,500 years old. The fear is that
vibrations from the construction of the railway would damage and
destroy the inuksuit. Baffinland ignored this concern in their
environmental impact statement, but now propose to take steps in
order to avoid this important archaeological site. For a link to
the full article click here: Also attached (look to your left
under 'attached files') is a PDF file of the article.