Hall Beach is an Inuit

Inuit

The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...

 settlement, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning

Distant Early Warning Line

The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland...

 (DEW) site. Currently the settlement is home to a North Warning System

North Warning System

The North Warning System is a joint United States and Canadian radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region...

 (68°45′44"N 081°13′44"W) radar facility and the Hall Beach Airport

Hall Beach Airport

Hall Beach Airport is located at Hall Beach, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...

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It is actually fairly close to another Nunavut settlement, Igloolik, about 69 km (42.9 mi) as the crow flies, a rarity in this vast territory.

As of the 2006 census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

 the population was 654 an increase of 7.4% from the 2001 census

Canada 2001 Census

The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

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In 1971, seven sounding rocket

Sounding rocket

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s of the Tomahawk

TE-416 Tomahawk

The TE-416 Tomahawk is a rocket developed by the American company Thiokol at the beginning of the 1960s for Sandia National Laboratories. Although the TE-416 Tomahawk can be launched alone, it was started predominantly as upper stage in connection with other rockets, for example with a Nike rocket...

 Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories

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 type were launched from Hall Beach, some reaching altitudes of 270 km (167.8 mi).

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