Hall Beach Eskimo Co-operative Association Limited
Hall Beach, NU X0A 0K0
Ph: (867) 928-8876
Fax: (867) 928-8926

manager.hallbeach@ArcticCo-op.com

Hall Beach Co-op operates a variety of businesses including a hotel, retail store, cable TV, fuel delivery, freight services, taxi service and video rentals. The Co-op was incorporated in March 1973. A new retail store is scheduled for completion in August 2009.

The Community

Located at the northern eastern tip of Melville peninsula ont the shore of of Foxe Basin, Hall Beach has a population of 654. The Inuktitu name is: Sanirajak. Local Meaning: the shoreline or one that is along the coast.

Hall Beach was chosen in the 1957 as a DEW Line station site to help monitor Canadian air space in the Far North. Although no longer oprational, there is now a more technology advanced warning system site in the community.

There are many things to see in Hall Beach, such as the wreckage of a Word War 11 bomber, discover the 350-800 year old remains of an whale carcass, or explore the nearby Thule archaeological sites. Every year on April 1st, there is a Hamlet Day festival with a community feast, traditional games and dancing. Excellent fishing, particularly char, and marine wildlife watching can be found in the area, which is also known for good hunting. Outfitting services are available for daylong, or longer expeditions, by boat, dog teams or snowmobiles. Hall Beach is one of the few places in Canada where walrus hunting still takes place.