Contemporary Coral Harbour

Coral Harbour, or Salliq, is located on Southampton Island in northwest Hudson’s Bay. In 1902, all of the original population of the area, the Sallirmuit, died from disease brought by European whalers. Since that time, the Coral Harbour area has gradually been settled by Inuit from Baffin Island, Arctic Quebec and mainland Keewatin. This migration created a community whose fabric … Read More