The settlement was created by the Canadian government in the 1950s to assert sovereignty, and compelled Inuit living in the southern Hudson Bay region to relocate, promising homes and wildlife (for food), but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife.
The settlement was created by the Canadian government in the 1950s to assert sovereignty in the area. Inuit families from northern Quebec were relocated, promising homes and wildlife (for food), but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife.