IQALUIT - Last week Iqaluit's city council unanimously rejected a request from the Canadian navy to come to the community and present the city with a historical plaque, because the city is no longer called Frobisher Bay.

The Naval Namesake Community Presentations are a celebration of the Canadian navy's 100th anniversary. The navy is giving commemorative plaques to communities across Canada which have navy ships or shore facilities named after them.

The HMCS Frobisher Bay was a radio station established in 1954 beside the military air base in what is now Iqaluit. The facility was shut down in 1966.

The "HMCS" stands for "Her Majesty's Canadian Ship" and refers to all Canadian Navy facilities, not only ocean-going vessels.

City council decided not to participate in the navy's centennial project at their regular meeting on Dec. 8.