CH-0136 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Iqaluit name officially restored
The town known administratively as Frobisher Bay officially became Iqaluit in 1987, restoring its Inuktitut name. Nunavut did not yet exist as a separate territory.
Not publication-ready. This dates the specified colonial or administrative event, not the beginning of local Indigenous occupation. Modern provincial labels are navigation context; historical jurisdictions and municipal boundaries require separate dated geometry.
- Historical place
- Iqaluit
- Present-day context
- Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Further community-specific sourcing required; absence here does not imply absence of Indigenous peoples.
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
Source evidence
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History and milestones
City of Iqaluit · · Review: primary source reference
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-12. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Institutional source retrieved through web search or page opening; event remains an editorial draft.