Bloody Falls

It was the site of the Bloody Falls Massacre in 1771 and the murder of two priests by Uloqsaq and Sinnisiak, two Copper Inuit men in 1913.

[1] The traditional campsite at the falls is known as Onoagahiovik ("the place where you stay all night") because it's a good fishing area.

[1] Historically, this area was occupied by the Kogluktogmiut subgroup of Copper Inuit[3] dating back to 1500 CE.

[4] In 1978, the portion of the Territorial Park northwest of the Coppermine River was designated the Bloody Falls National Historic Site of Canada, as the archaeological remains of pre-contact hunting and fishing sites in the area form a record of the presence of Pre-Dorset, Thule, First Nation and Inuit peoples over the last 3000 years.

[5] In 1996, Dene and Inuit met to hold a healing ceremony to reconcile their historical differences.