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The mining industry and the exploitation of renewable
resources, such as fishing, are still the biggest users of shipping on
a large scale. Iqaluit, Nanisivik, Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay
are the ports with the largest quantities of merchandise transshipped
during the four to five months of operation permitted by ice cover.
The Atlantic Ocean on the east coast, Hudson Bay, Parry Channel and Hudson
Strait, Franklin Strait and Victoria Strait continue to be the most commonly
used shipping routes. Montreal is an important departure and arrival point
for trade in goods with Nunavut.
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