Amadjuak, Nunavut
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| Coordinates: 64°01′02″N 072°38′54″W / 64.01722°N 72.64833°WCoordinates: 64°01′02″N 072°38′54″W / 64.01722°N 72.64833°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Island | Baffin Island |
Amadjuak, Nunavut (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]
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[edit] History
The Hudson's Bay Company opened a trading post, #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[4][5]
[edit] Notable residents
The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Amadjuak". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/69/72/A04072.html. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ a b "NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ". inuitarteskimoart.com. http://inuitarteskimoart.com/b-inuitarteskimoart-Oshuitoq_Ningeeuaga.html. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5884318_Amadjuak.html#local_map. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ 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 0773506195. http://books.google.com/books?id=bKOxw3HB51YC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=amadjuak+hudson%27s&source=bl&ots=GRzSE6bRVV&sig=dfPjkdmmw1tF4itWZ9XOa7nnbmc&hl=en&ei=CJijSZulFpK2sAPS4vCZAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA13,M1.
- ^ "AMADJUAK". gov.mb.ca. http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/resource/post_rec/post26.html. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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