Coral Harbour
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Coral Harbour ᓴᓪᓕᖅ/ᓴᓪᓖᑦ Salliq/Salliit |
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Coral Harbour
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 Coral Harbour
Coral Harbour
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| Coordinates: 64°08′13″N 083°09′51″W / 64.13694°N 83.16417°WCoordinates: 64°08′13″N 083°09′51″W / 64.13694°N 83.16417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kivalliq Region |
| Electoral district | Aivilik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Willie Nakoolak |
| • MLA | Steve Mapsalak |
| Area | |
| • Land | 137.91 km2 (53.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 891 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0C 0C0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Website | www.coralharbour.ca |
Coral Harbour (Inuktitut: Salliq/Salliit, Syllabics: ᓴᓪᓕᖅ/ᓴᓪᓖᑦ), is a small Inuit community that is located on Southampton Island, Kivalliq Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Its name is derived from the fossilized coral that can be found around the waters of the community which is situated at the head of South Bay. The name of the settlement in Inuktitut is Salliq, sometimes used to refer to all of Southampton Island. The plural Salliit, means large flat island(s) in front of the mainland.
The Sadlermiut ("inhabitants of Salliq") whose name is derived from Salliq previously occupied the area. The Sadlermiut are thought to be the last vestige of the Tuniit. The Tuniit, a pre-Inuit culture, officially went ethnically and culturally extinct in 1902-03 when a Western illness killed all of the Sallirmiut in a matter of weeks. However, others believe that the Sadlermiut were in fact descendants of the Thule, whose geographically isolated culture would have developed idiosyncratically from the mainland Thule culture. A third theory indicates that the Sadlermiut did not necessarily belong to either group, but because of intermarriage, their roots may have in fact been part of both Dorset and Thule cultures.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the area was repopulated by Aivilingmiut, whose name was to be later adapted for the Aivilik electoral district, from the Repulse Bay and Chesterfield Inlet areas, influenced to do so by whaler Capt. George Comer and others. Baffin Islanders arrived 25 years later. John Ell, who as a young child travelled with his mother Shoofly on Comer's schooners, eventually became the most famous of Southampton Island's re-settled population.
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