Kivitoo, Nunavut
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Kivitoo, Nunavut is an abandoned Inuit
community and a former whaling
station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island
in Nunavut
, Canada
. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
, approximately 31 mi (49.9 km) to the south, in the 1950s.
Kivitoo (qivittu) (FOX-D) is also a former Distant Early Warning Line
and is currently a North Warning System
site. Because of a nearby small coastal plain, a short airstrip was built during early operation of FOX-D.
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...
community and a former whaling
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...
station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island
Baffin Island
Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is the largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is and its population is about 11,000...
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...
. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
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, approximately 31 mi (49.9 km) to the south, in the 1950s.
History
In the early 20th century, the Sabellum Trading Company established a post at Kivitoo to service the whalers who would anchor there to flense carcasses. The post was abandoned in 1926.Kivitoo (qivittu) (FOX-D) is also a former Distant Early Warning Line
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...
and is currently 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...
site. Because of a nearby small coastal plain, a short airstrip was built during early operation of FOX-D.