Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut

Welcome to Chesterfield Inlet

Chesterfield Inlet has been permanently settled since 1910, making it one of the oldest of the modern Inuit settlements in the Arctic. Long before that, the inlet on Fish Bay was a popular place to camp. Visitors will find ancient Thule sites nearby where ancient Thule tent rings and animal traps still stand today. Inuit still travel to this area each year to hunt and fish. You can learn about the community by hiking the Chesterfield Inlet Historic Trail. This walking tour takes you by the oldest buildings in town.

Chesterfield Inlet is a thriving community. It is home to some of Canada's space research facilities. The community also has a fish plant that processes Arctic char for shipment to the south.

The Tangmavik Hotel in Chesterfield Inlet on Fish Bay

Caribou migrating near Chesterfield Inlet

Arctic Char

Arctic tern chick

While you're in Chesterfield Inlet:

• enjoy sport fishing expeditions
• go Beluga whale watching
• hike the Chesterfield Inlet Historic Trail
• hike to the sod houses at the ancient Thule encampment
• go bird watching for Peregrine falcon
• take photographs of the musk oxen herds
• see a caribou migration
• take the Chesterfield Inlet Walking tours