Chesterfield Inlet

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 annual supply sealift.

The Inuit people from the Chesterfield Inlet region are called Qaernermiut, though previously, they were referred to as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu.[5]

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Chesterfield – 1989Chesterfield 1989

Residents – 1950 Chesterfield Inlet 1950

CemeteryEskimo Cemetery Chesterfield Inlet 1950

1954 – wreck of the Ice Hunter – Inco Supply ship wrecked in 1953Ice Hunter 1954