Hebron, Newfoundland and Labrador

Hebron (Nunatsiavummiutitut: Kangerdluksoak,[1] Kangikluksoak[2] or Kangertluksoak[3])[4] was a Moravian mission and the northernmost settlement in Labrador.

The Inuk Abraham Ulrikab and his family, exhibited in human zoos in Europe in 1880, were from Hebron.

Mission work started at Hebron in 1818,[1] a site located about 200 km (120 mi) north of Nain.

[2] The construction of the 53-meter-long, ten-metre-wide and one-storey-high building needed to house the church, the missionaries’ quarters and storage was started in spring 1835 and completed in October 1837.

[2][4] In 1918, Moravian missionaries brought an outbreak of Spanish influenza that devastated Hebron and Okak.

The American soldiers stationed at Hebron also kept watch on the Moravian missionaries who were suspected of being sympathetic towards Germany.

[4][14] In 1955, a member of the International Grenfell Association, an organization dedicated to the health and welfare of residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, wrote to the Government of Canada expressing concern about cramped living conditions at Hebron that had led to tuberculosis and a shortage of firewood.

[2] A report written for the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples said the forced relocation led to poverty for several of the Inuit.

The main mission building has been undergoing renovation by Inuit volunteers and hired carpenters, who are relocatees or their descendants, organized by Nunatsiavut government and are in reasonably good condition considering the passage of time.

[17] In 2005, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams apologized to Inuit affected by the relocations of Hebron and Nutak.