Scouting and Guiding in Nunavut Scouting and Guiding in Nunavut Scouting in Nunavut did not develop until 1970, as a section of the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Northwest Territories Council of Scouts Canada was founded in 1970, with Denny R. May, son of pilot Wop May, as Executive Director. May also designed the logo for the Council, which depicts three Inuit in a circle with their hands linked in brotherhood. The Nunavut-specific design borrows the polar bear from the local government. When the Northwest Territories was divided and the new territory of Nunavut was created in 1999, the Council was renamed as the NWT
Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) meridian and form part of the Northwest Territories. These can only be reached by land from Nunavut or boat from the Northwest Territories. The island has little or no vegetation. Where continuous vegetation occurs, it usually consists of hummocks of mosses, lichens, grasses, and sedges. The only woody species, the dwarf willow, grows as a dense twisted mat crawling along the ground. However, a diverse animal population exists: polar bear, Peary caribou, muskox, northern collared lemming, Arctic wolf, Arctic fox, Arctic hare, and ermine (stoat) are common. A 2003 sighting of a grizzly bear and grizzly tracks by an expedition