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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.
The 1645 map Regiones Sub Polo Arctico by Joan Blaeu shows the name "C. Worsnam". On the 1743 map Chart of Hudson's Bay & Straits, Baffin's Bay, Davis Strait and Labrador by C. Middelton "C. Walsingham" is shown. "Cape St. Louis" appeared on the map of Canada or New France and the discoveries made by Guillaume Delisle in 1703. [1]
The Canada 2011 Census and the 2006 census before it show that all of these Inuit reserved lands have no resident ... Ivujivik: VN: 412: 414: 136: 123: 35.15 2499894 ...
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.
Nunavik is a vast territory located in the northernmost part of Quebec. It lies in both the Arctic and subarctic climate zones.Altogether, about 12,000 people live in Nunavik's communities, and this number has been growing in line with the tendency for high population growth in indigenous communities.
With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island. Mountains on Melville Island, some of the largest in the western Canadian Arctic , reach heights of 750 m (2,460 ft).
If it seems like you and everyone around you are getting sick this winter, you're not wrong. Experts say this is the worst flu season in the U.S. in more than a decade and cases are still trending ...
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. [1] Airlines and destinations