Killiniq, Nunavut

[10] Though there is an abundance of seal, walrus, and Arctic char that promoted habitation, the settlement area is bereft of trees and wood.

Approximately 9.7 km (6 mi) south of Killiniq, Alpheus Spring Packard, the American entomologist and palaeontologist, discovered the remains of an Inuit settlement.

At the northwest corner of the Fort Burwell harbour,[14] they established their own mission and trading post, including a bakery, smithy, and carpentry shop.

During the period of August–October 1906, Dresden ornithologist Bernhard Hantzsch stayed at the Killiniq mission studying the Inuit culture, and creating bird and mammal inventories of the surrounding lakes and mountains.

[19] In 1916, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) moved their George River trading post to the northeast part of the Fort Burwell harbour.

[20] Though Killinek lacked a permanent landing strip because of its terrain, the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard wanted to use the location as a stop over while constructing Arctic airfields in Baffin Island, Northern Quebec, and Greenland during the Second World War.

This decline created an insecure environment and gave rise to a slow outmigration of families in search of settlements with assured access to essential services, especially medical and air transport.

On 8 February 1978, the 47 people that remained were notified by radio that the government of the Northwest Territories was sending planes to move them from the community and that the settlement would be closed.

[22] In subsequent years, there were sporadic visits by Inuit to Killiniq, including a fisheries project from 1983 through 1985 sponsored by the Makivik Corporation.

[citation needed] Killiniq served as a summertime Canadian Coast Guard weather station (VAW)[24] until the early 1990s.