CFS Alert

CFS Alert
Station des Forces canadiennes Alert
Canadian Forces Station
The station from the south, May 2016
The station from the south, May 2016
Etymology: Named for HMS Alert
Motto(s): 
Inuit Nunangata Ungata
(English: Beyond the Inuit Land)[1]
CFS Alert is located in Nunavut
CFS Alert
CFS Alert
Coordinates: 82°29′57″N 62°20′45″W / 82.49917°N 62.34583°W / 82.49917; -62.34583[2]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
EstablishedSeptember 1, 1958 (1958-09-01)
Elevation
[3]
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
0
 Temporary population
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)

Canadian Forces Station Alert (French: Station des Forces canadiennes Alert[5]), often shortened to CFS Alert (SFC Alert), is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world.[1] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station off what is now Cape Sheridan, Nunavut in 1875–1876.[6]

U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson in front of CFS Alert welcome sign
  1. ^ a b "Canadian Forces Station Alert". Royal Canadian Air Force. February 27, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "CFS Alert". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table - Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized, Unorganized (NO) Nunavut [Census subdivision]". February 1, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Station des Forces canadiennes Alert
  6. ^ "A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services". Archived from the original on September 28, 2009.