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Ivujivik (Inuktitut: ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃ Inuktitut pronunciation:, meaning "Place where ice accumulates because of strong currents", or "Sea-ice crash Area") is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, Quebec, and the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province, although there are settlements further north in the territories.
Ivujivik Airport (IATA: YIK, ICAO: CYIK) is located on the shore of Hudson Bay in Ivujivik, Quebec, Canada.It has a gravel runway 3485' x 100' feet.
The hamlet of Ivujivik, on the Ungava Peninsula, is south of the islands. East Digges Island is closer to the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula than West Digges. Mansel Island is to the southwest, while Nottingham Island is to the north.
In 2006, Ivujivik, Quebec, resident Lydia Angiyou saved several children by fighting a polar bear until a local hunter shot the bear. [20] In 2006, in Tucson, Arizona, Tom Boyle watched as a Chevrolet Camaro hit 18-year-old Kyle Holtrust. The car pinned Holtrust, still alive, underneath.
This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of northern village (village nordique, code=VN) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and the Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government legislation.
The magnetic declination in a given area may (most likely will) change slowly over time, possibly as little as 2–2.5 degrees every hundred years or so, depending on where it is measured. For a location close to the pole like Ivujivik, the declination may change by 1 degree every three
Ivvavik National Park (/ ˈ iː v ə v ɪ k / EE-və-vik) [2] is a national park of Canada located in the Yukon.Initially named "Northern Yukon National Park," the park was renamed Ivvavik in 1992 for the Inuvialuktun word meaning "nursery" or "birthplace," [3] in reference to the importance of the area as a calving ground for Porcupine caribou.
Cape Wolstenholme, approx. 17 miles (27 km) NE of Ivujivik 62°34′55″N 77°30′30″W / 62.58194°N 77.50833°W / 62.58194; -77 New York border, where the Châteauguay River crosses the border