Amadjuak

Amadjuak (uh-MA-joo-ak)[1] is a former[2] Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is 4 km (2.5 mi) south, on Hudson Strait.[3]

For the lake, see Amadjuak Lake.
Amadjuak
Amadjuak
Coordinates: 64°01′02″N 072°38′54″W
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk Region
IslandBaffin Island

History

The Hudson's Bay Company opened a trading post, #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[4][5]

Notable residents

The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[2]

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