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Iqaluit was founded in 1942 as an American airbase, geographically located to provide a stop-over and refueling site for short range fighter aircraft being ferried across the Atlantic to support the war effort in Europe.
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Iqaluit and was
In 2009 Air Greenland reportedly was interested in starting a route from Iqaluit to Nuuk.
On 1 January 1987, the name of this municipality was officially changed from " Frobisher Bay " to " Iqaluit "-aligning official usage with the name that the Inuit population had always used ( although, many documents still referred to Iqaluit as Frobisher Bay for several years after 1987 ).
In December 1995, Iqaluit was selected to serve as Nunavut's future capital in a territory-wide referendum, in which it was chosen over Rankin Inlet.
Iqaluit was designated by Canada as the host city for the 2010 meeting of the G7 finance ministers, held on 5 – 6 February.
* 2002-Iqaluit, along with Nuuk, Greenland, co-host the first jointly hosted Arctic Winter Games ; the Arctic Winter Games Arena was constructed in Iqaluit for the event.
Historically Apex was the place where most Inuit lived when Iqaluit was a military site, and as such it was off − limits to anyone not working at the base.
It was also the former name of Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit, until 1987.
In 1984 Kenn Harper, a historian from Iqaluit, Nunavut, wrote an article about Hans Island which was published in the local newspaper Hainang, in Qaanaaq ( Thule ) in northwestern Greenland.
He was sent to residential school in Frobisher Bay, now Iqaluit, at 15, returning to Pangnirtung after one year.
At the first Nunavut election held February 15, 1999, Okalik was elected to represent Iqaluit West in the first Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, defeating Ben Ell and Matthew Spence, with 51 % of ballots cast.
The recent territorial election was held October 27, 2008 and one of three candidates was narrowly elected to the Legislative Assembly in Iqaluit.
According to Adams, the Corporation was considering writing off the debt prior to its headquarters ' relocation from Cape Dorset to Iqaluit.
Although not as busy as it once was, Resolute Bay Airport is still the core of the town, serving as an aviation hub for exploration in the region and connected by direct service to Iqaluit.
In 1984, Arctic college was established with campuses in Fort Smith and Iqaluit.
A road was briefly considered in 2004 for construction between Iqaluit and Kimmirut ( formerly known as Lake Harbour ), but it would be four times longer than the direct air-distance between the communities, and the idea was dropped.
Iqaluit Airport was originally founded as Frobisher Bay Air Force Base throughout the 1940s and 1950s ; the base was used by the United States and Canada for transportation purposes.
Jet service to Iqaluit Airport continued, but under the Canadian North banner, which was, after the buyout of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada, to continue operations as an independent airline, jointly owned by the Inuit of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Iqaluit and American
Long regarded as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, the place chosen had traditionally been named Iqaluit – " place of many fish " in Inuktitut – but Canadian and American authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it abuts.
The American military left Iqaluit in 1963, as intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBM ) diminished the strategic value of the DEW line and Arctic airbases, but Frobisher Bay remained the government's administrative and logistical centre for much of the eastern Arctic.
The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, conducted cold weather testing from Iqaluit Airport during February 2006-its first North American visit.
Iqaluit and located
Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay.
Iqaluit is located in the Everett Mountains rising from Koojesse ( Kuujussi ) Inlet, an inlet of Frobisher Bay, on the southeast part of Baffin Island.
Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is located on the southeastern coast.
Its main base, which includes a large hangar, cargo and maintenance facility, is located at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, with hubs at Iqaluit Airport and Yellowknife Airport.
The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada, is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's parliament.
Iqaluit Airport serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town.
In 2005, Harper was appointed Danish Honorary Consul, a posting located in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
The primary CBC North television production centre is in Yellowknife ( CFYK-DT ), with local news bureaus located in Whitehorse and Iqaluit.
Iqaluit and provide
The recruiting and admission process for the 2011 cohort have been funded by Justice Canada, including Akitsiraq Law Days in Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit and Ottawa in the spring of 2010, but the program launch has been on hold since November 2009 awaiting a decision by the Government of Nunavut to provide core support.
The service will be in partnership with First Air who will provide ticketing and other services in Iqaluit.
The Iqaluit Public Transit system operated from July 2003 to January 2005 to provide public transportation in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
Iqaluit and site
* 1942-U. S. Army Air Forces selects Iqaluit ’ s current location as the site of a major air base
The site they selected is the location of the modern community of Iqaluit.
The geography of Nunavut presents unique challenges to hydro-electric facilities, but the company is actively engaged in site reviews for hydro-electric developments in the 12-20MW range around Iqaluit, the territorial capital.
Iqaluit and for
Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut until April 6, 2011 when he announced he would be resigning in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
He announced on April 6, 2011 that he would resign as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for Iqaluit West in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
Sheutiapik subsequently challenged Okalik for the Iqaluit West seat in the 2008 election.
The airport is also a gateway for flights to the eastern Arctic via Iqaluit.
There is a persistent but false rumour that Iqaluit Airport is one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle, due to the length of its runway and its geographic location.
Nunavut authorities hope that the importance of this test will put Iqaluit on the map as a centre for cold-weather testing.
Harper has lived in the Canadian Arctic for 30 years ; he currently lives in Iqaluit and is an enthusiastic wrestling fan, notable for bringing Maximum Pro Wrestling to Iqaluit.
He has also worked for the CBC in Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Ottawa.
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