Grise Fiord

Grise Fiord is a community on the southern coast of Ellesmere Island, in the Territory of Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the northernmost settlements on Earth. It is located at 76N 82W. There are two more northerly Canadian settlements, both also located on Ellesmere Island, Alert and Eureka.

Controversial re-settlement

There are archeological sites in the Grise Fiord area that show First Nations peoples had settled, or passed through. The oldest records date back 4,500 years. In 1953 the Federal Government settled some Inuit families from southern Canada in Grise Fiord, as a sovereignty measure. The move was highly controversial. The resettled families found their first years very hard. Many died.