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Sanikiluaq (Inuktitut: ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands. Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of Ontario and Quebec , the community and the Belcher Islands lie within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , Canada.
The hamlet of Sanikiluaq (where the majority of the inhabitants of the Belcher Islands live) is on the north coast of Flaherty Island and is the southernmost in Nunavut. Along with Flaherty Island, the other large islands are Kugong Island , Tukarak Island , and Innetalling Island . [ 3 ]
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Sanikiluaq ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ named for a man known as a fast runner [26] Qikiqtaaluk Region: 1,010 882 +14.5 Sanirajak: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ one that is along the coast [27] Qikiqtaaluk Region: 891 848 +5.1
The Salikuit Islands are an uninhabited island group in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.The 103 island archipelago is located in eastern Hudson Bay between the Belcher Islands and the western coast of Quebec.
Igloolik (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, Iglulik, Inuktitut pronunciation: [iɣ.lu.ˈlik]) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on the peninsula. The name "Igloolik" means "there is a ...
Grise Fiord. This community (and that of Resolute) was created by the Canadian government in 1953, partly to assert sovereignty in the High Arctic during the Cold War.Eight Inuit families from Inukjuak, Quebec (on the Ungava Peninsula), were relocated after being promised homes and game to hunt, but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife. [7]
Baker Lake (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ 'big lake joined by a river at both ends', Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq 'where the river widens') is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada.