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Kuujjuaq ( [kuːtjuɑq]; Inuktitut: ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ or ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ, "Great River"), [5] formerly known as Fort Chimo and by other names, is a former Hudson's Bay Company outpost at the mouth of the Koksoak River on Ungava Bay that has become the largest northern village ( Inuit community) in the Nunavik region of Quebec, Canada.
- 385.70 km² (148.92 sq mi)
- 819
- Canada
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Kuujjuaq, Inuit (Eskimo) village in Nord-du-Québec region, northeastern Quebec province, Canada. It lies along the Koksoak River, about 20 miles (30 km) above the latter’s mouth on Ungava Bay. Kuujjuaq is located in a region rich in iron ore. The Hudson’s Bay Company established a trading post there in 1830. The post was closed from 1842 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Many Inuit have been born in Kuujjuaq, or else in Puvirnituq. There are more births than deaths in Nunavik. The residents of Kuujjuaq welcome people from the villages further north. Seen from an airplane, the territory of Nunavik is immense. We are glad to live in Québec, because it is an immense land. by Taamusi Qumaq (1992)
Discovering Kuujjuaq. You might wonder why Kuujjuaq is the most traveled village in Ungava. Inuit Adventures offers an exceptional perspective of Kuujjuaq which reveals how the whole region buzzes with activity, providing the essential services to the local Inuit and to the entire population of Nunavik. Comfortably lodged at our co-op hotel ...
Kuujjuaq is surrounded by boreal forest, and patches of black spruce and larch grow in marshy valleys. The first Europeans to have contact with the Inuit of what is now known as Kuujjuaq were, in fact, Moravian missionaries; Brothers Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch, who arrived a few kilometres downstream with the intention of converting ...
Kuujjuaq (Inuktitut: ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ) is an Inuit reserved land (TI - Category I land for Inuit) in Nunavik, in northern Quebec. Like all Inuit reserved lands in Quebec, it has no resident population (as of the Canada 2011 Census and previous censuses) and is associated with a nearby northern village (VN - Northern village municipality) of the ...
