The Thule (IPA: /ˈtuːli/) or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all moern Canadian Inuit. They arrived at Alaska in around the year 500 CE and Nunavut, Canada in 1000 CE. A subgroup then moved east to Greenland by the 13th century. The appellation of "Thule" originates from the location of Thule (in 1953 relocated to Qaanaaq) in northwest Greenland, facing Canada, where the archaeological remains of these people were first found at Comer's Midden. The links between the Thule and the Inuit are biological, cultural, and linguistic.