A Hudson's Bay Company trading post was maintained on the island from August 1920 to August 1924, and a number of Inuit families lived on the island during that period, some of whom had been brought from Baffin Island on boats.
A Compañía da Baía de Hudson mantívose na illa desde agosto de 1920 ata agosto de 1924, e algunhas familias inuit, traídas desde a illa de Baffin en barco, viviron na illa durante ese período.