Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
Chesterfield Inlet
ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ Igluligaarjuk | |
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Chesterfield Inlet Mission Hospital | |
| Coordinates: 63°20′20″N 090°42′05″W / 63.33889°N 90.70139°W | |
| 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) | |
• Total | 139.49 km2 (53.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• 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.