Editing CFS Alert (section)

{{short description|Canadian Forces Station in Nunavut, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = CFS Alert
|other_name = Station des Forces canadiennes Alert
|settlement_type = [[Canadian Forces base|Canadian Forces Station]]
|etymology = Named for [[HMS Alert (1856)|HMS ''Alert'']]
|motto = {{Lang|iu|Inuit Nunangata Ungata}}<br />({{langx|en|Beyond the Inuit Land}})<ref name=RCAF/>
|image_skyline = CFS Alert May 2016.jpg
|image_caption = The station from the south, May 2016
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
|image_shield =
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Nunavut]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Nunavut|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]]
|established_title = Established
|established_date = {{start date|1958|09|01}}
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Qikiqtaaluk%2C%20Unorganized&DGUIDlist=2021A00056204030&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table - Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized, Unorganized (NO) Nunavut [Census subdivision]|access-date=April 11, 2023|date=February 1, 2023}}</ref>
|population_note = Temporary population
|population_total = 0
|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset = −05:00
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = −04:00
|coordinates = {{coord|82|29|57|N|62|20|45|W|region:CA-NU|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAAAB|CFS Alert}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{CFS}}</ref>
|elevation_m =
|elevation_ft = 100
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'''Canadian Forces Station Alert''' ({{langx|fr|Station des Forces canadiennes Alert}}<ref>[http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/fr/alert.page Station des Forces canadiennes Alert]</ref>), often shortened to '''CFS Alert''' ({{lang|fr|SFC Alert}}), is a [[signals intelligence]] intercept facility of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] at [[Alert, Nunavut|Alert]], in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada.

Located on the northeastern tip of [[Ellesmere Island]], Alert is the [[List of northernmost settlements|northernmost]] continuously inhabited place in the world.<ref name=RCAF>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/alert.html |title=Canadian Forces Station Alert|publisher=[[Royal Canadian Air Force]]|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref> It takes its name from [[HMS Alert (1856)|HMS ''Alert'']], which wintered {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} east of the present station off what is now [[Cape Sheridan]], Nunavut in 1875–1876.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Alert |title=A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928085229/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Alert |archive-date=September 28, 2009 }}</ref>
[[File:Ambassador Jacobson in Alert, Nunavut.jpg|thumb|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada|U.S. Ambassador]] [[David Jacobson (diplomat)|David Jacobson]] in front of CFS Alert welcome sign]]