The Royal North West Mounted Police post at Cape Fullerton (Qatiktalik) moved to Chesterfield Inlet in 1914, when early whaling era declined of the Euro-American whaler’s in the region. That followed Inuit families for trade/ wage income in the area; and the first establishment of Roman Catholic Mission, and the Hudson’s Bay Company post in Chesterfield Inlet during the early fur pelt trade industry in the region/ north.

Cape Fullerton post was used part-time for many years, as a stop on patrols to Inuit camps along the coast and inland by dog team or boat.