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Canadian Forces Station Alert, also CFS Alert, is a Canadian Armed Forces signals intelligence intercept facility located in Alert, Nunavut on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island.

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Canadian Armed Forces - Alert - Nunavut - Ellesmere Island

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It is the northernmost permanently inhabited settlement in the world and takes its name from HMS Alert which wintered 10 km east of the present station off Cape Sheridan, Nunavut in 1875-1876.

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1875 - 1876

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