The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) establishes a detachment at Craig Harbour on Ellesmere Island. After the ceremony DRD official Alex Stevenson announces that « Sovereignty now is a cinch ».
In a memo to RCMP Commissioner Nicholson, Insp. Larsen, head of "G" Division, initiates relocation plan to move Inuit families from Pond Inlet on Baffin Island to proposed site for new RCMP detachment at Alexandra Fjord on Ellesmere Island.
Nicholson informs the Deputy Minister of the Department of Resources and Development (DRD) Major General Young of the relocation project.
The government organizes the first Conference on Eskimo Affairs held in Ottawa. Officials identify northern Quebec as a problem area.
DRD official R .G. Johnston visits Port Harrison and reports that he has discussed with Inuit there a plan for relocation to Baffin Island the following summer " for better hunting ".
Special Committee on Eskimo Affairs meets in Ottawa to discuss Larsen’s plan for relocating Inuit from "overpopulated areas" to Ellesmere Island under supervision of the RCMP.
RCMP move groups of Inuit from Port Harrison to offshore King George and Sleeper Islands « for better hunting » during the autumn months. Project is considered a success by officials. Inuit return home after the season.
The RCMP’s plan to move Inuit to Ellesmere Island and the DRD’s plan to move Inuit from northern Quebec to Baffin Island are brought together under one relocation scheme. DRD officials omit move to Baffin and now formulate plans for relocating Inuit from Port Harrison and Pond Inlet to Ellesmere Island.
DRD widens plans for the relocation project to establish two Inuit colonies on Ellesmere Island and a colony at Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island.
Prime Minister St-Laurent chairs a Cabinet meeting at which Mr. Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs, expresses his serious concern about heightened U.S. military activity in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Pearson argues that U.S. actions could result in infringements of Canadian de facto sovereignty. The Prime Minister concurs and directs that steps be taken to address the problem.
