Amadjuak

Amadjuak (uh-MA-joo-ak)[3] is a former[4] Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is 4 km (2.5 mi) south, on Hudson Strait.[5]

For the lake, see Amadjuak Lake.

Amadjuak
Amadjuak is located in Nunavut
Amadjuak
Amadjuak
Coordinates: 64°01′N 072°39′W[1]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
IslandBaffin Island

History

The Hudson's Bay Company opened a trading post, #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[6][7]

Notable residents

The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[4]

References
  1. "Amadjuak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Amadjuak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. "Amadjuak". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. "NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ". inuitarteskimoart.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  5. "Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  6. Duffy, Ronald Quinn (1987). The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 13. ISBN 0-7735-0619-5. amadjuak hudson's.
  7. "AMADJUAK". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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