Davis Inlet

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Davis Inlet is a remote former Inuit community on an island off the coast of Labrador, Canada, known for its difficult living conditions and eventual relocation to the mainland community of Natuashish.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Davis Inlet canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Inuit community ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
associatedWith federal and provincial government intervention ⓘ
relocation to mainland Labrador ⓘ
category Former populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Innu communities in Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Labrador Innu territory ⓘ
demographic primarily Indigenous residents ⓘ
ethnicGroup Innu ⓘ
formerNameOf Natuashish area settlement ⓘ
governingBody Innu Nation (historically represented residents) ⓘ
linked to: Innu Nation
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
healthIssues high rates of addiction ⓘ
mental health crises ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of failed remote Indigenous settlement policy in Canada ⓘ
housingType substandard housing (historically) ⓘ
indigenousPeople Innu Nation ⓘ
knownFor difficult living conditions ⓘ
media coverage of social crisis in the 1990s ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Innu-aimun ⓘ
locatedIn Labrador ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody Atlantic Ocean (coastal island) ⓘ
locatedOn island off the coast of Labrador ⓘ
mediaDocumentedBy Canadian national media ⓘ
peopleMovedTo planned community of Natuashish ⓘ
populationGroup Innu of Labrador ⓘ
linked to: Innu peoples
province Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
region Atlantic Canada ⓘ
relocatedTo Natuashish ⓘ
relocationCompleted early 2000s ⓘ
relocationReason inadequate housing ⓘ
lack of clean drinking water ⓘ
poor living conditions ⓘ
social problems ⓘ
substance abuse problems ⓘ
youth suicide crisis ⓘ
relocationSupportFrom Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
replacedBy Natuashish ⓘ
status abandoned community ⓘ
former settlement ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
transportAccess primarily by boat and air (before relocation) ⓘ
waterSupply inadequate potable water (historically) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Davis → hasNamesake → Davis Inlet ⓘ
Natuashish → replaces → Davis Inlet ⓘ
Natuashish → hasFormerSettlementName → Davis Inlet ⓘ