# Rymer Point

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**Rymer Point** is a [cape](/source/Peninsula) in the [Canadian Arctic](/source/Northern_Canada) territory of [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut). It is located on southwestern [Victoria Island](/source/Victoria_Island)'s [Wollaston Peninsula](/source/Wollaston_Peninsula), facing the [Dolphin and Union Strait](/source/Dolphin_and_Union_Strait). [Clouston Bay](/source/Clouston_Bay) ([69°03′N 113°33′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=69_03_N_113_33_W&title=Clouston%20Bay)) is situated along the north shoreline. [Nuvuk Point](/source/Nuvuk_Point) ([69°01′45″N 113°37′00″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=69_01_45_N_113_37_00_W&title=Nuvuk%20Point)) is on the southwest side, jutting into [Simpson Bay](/source/Simpson_Bay_(Nunavut)) ([69°05′N 114°20′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=69_05_N_114_20_W&title=Simpson%20Bay)).

## Geography

The low cliffs of Rymer Point are characterized by [carbonate rock](/source/Carbonate_rock).[1]

## History

Various [trading posts](/source/Trading_post) operated at Rymer Point, including one by the [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company), named Fort Harmon, and another by the [Christian Klengenberg](/source/Christian_Klengenberg) family.[2][3]

## References

1. Washburn, Albert Lincoln (1947). [*Reconnaissance geology of portions of Victoria Island and adjacent regions, Arctic Canada*](https://books.google.com/books?id=qZYPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22rymer+point%22+victoria+island). Volume 22 of Memoir (Geological Society of America). Geological Society of America. p. 23. ISBN 9780598112699.

1. ["Scotty Gall"](http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/Angulalk/hudsons/scottyg/scotty.htm). *kitikmeotheritage.ca*. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

1. Harper, Kenn (March 12, 2009). ["Christian Klengenberg: The rest of the story"](http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/Christian_Klengenberg_The_rest_of_the_story/). *Taissumani*. Nunatsiaq Online. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

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