Amadjuak | |
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Coordinates: 64°01′N 072°39′W / 64.017°N 72.650°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Nunavut |
Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
Island | Baffin 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]
The Hudson's Bay Company opened a fur trading post (#B380) at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933. [5] [6]
The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918. [3]
amadjuak hudson's.