Amadjuak

For the lake, see Amadjuak Lake.

Amadjuak
Amadjuak is located in Nunavut
Amadjuak
Amadjuak
Coordinates: 64°01′N 072°39′W / 64.017°N 72.650°W / 64.017; -72.650[1]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
IslandBaffin Island

Amadjuak (uh-MA-joo-ak)[2] is a former[3] Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is 4 km (2.5 mi) south, on Hudson Strait.[4]

History

The Hudson's Bay Company opened a fur trading post (#B380) at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[5][6]

Notable residents

The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Amadjuak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Amadjuak". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  3. ^ a b "NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ". inuitarteskimoart.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Hudson's Bay Company: Amadjuak". pam.minisisinc.com. Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database. Retrieved 26 March 2024.


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