Chesterfield Inlet
ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ Igluligaarjuk | |
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 Chesterfield Inlet Mission Hospital | |
  Chesterfield Inlet  Chesterfield Inlet | |
| Coordinates: 63°20′20″N 090°42′05″W / 63.33889°N 90.70139°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kivalliq |
| Electoral district | Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet |
| Settled | 1911, Hudson's Bay Company post |
| Incorporated (hamlet) | 1 April 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Barnie Aggark |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Richard Van Horne |
| • MLA | Alexander Sammurtok |
| Area (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 139.49 km2 (53.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 397 |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Website | chesterfield-inlet.ca/ |
Chesterfield Inlet (Inuktitut: Igluligaarjuk, syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ) is a hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut, Canada, at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses", it is the oldest community in Nunavut. The community is served by air, Chesterfield Inlet Airport, and by an annual supply known as sealift.
Inuit from the Chesterfield Inlet region are called Qaernermiut, though previously, they were referred to as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu.[6]
- ^ "Chesterfield Inlet". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Image is described as "this shows the tattooing of the Kenepitic [Qaernermiut] tribe"". cthistoryonline.org. 16 February 1904. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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