Craig Harbour (76°12′25″N 81°00′00″W / 76.20694°N 81.00000°W[1]) is an abandoned settlement in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Ellesmere Island, on the north shore of Jones Sound, 55 km (34 mi) southeast of Grise Fiord.
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In 1922, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment was established at Craig Harbour, named in honour of Dr. John D. Craig, expedition commander.[2] The site was selected as Smith Island protected the harbour from moving pack ice, and the nearby mouth of Jones Sound made the harbour's navigation accessible.[3] The outpost was closed in the 1930s, and re-opened in 1951 at the start of the Cold War.[4]
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edit- ^ "Craig Harbour". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ Grant, Shelagh (2005). Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923. McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 130, 137. ISBN 0-7735-2929-2.
- ^ Dick, Lyle (2001). Muskox land: Ellesmere Island in the age of contact. Volume 5 of Parks and heritage series. University of Calgary Press. p. 277. ISBN 1-55238-050-5.
- ^ McGrath, Melanie (2007). The long exile: a tale of Inuit betrayal and survival in the high Arctic. Vintage Series. Random House, Inc. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4000-3288-4.
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