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'''Amadjuak, Nunavut''' (uh-MA-joo-ak)<ref name="bartleby">{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/72/A04072.html|title=Amadjuak|date=2000|work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America|publisher=bartleby.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> is a former<ref name="inuitarteskimoart"/> [[Inuit]] settlement on southern [[Baffin Island]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] territory of [[Nunavut]]. Amadjuak Bay is {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} south, on [[Hudson Strait]].<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5884318_Amadjuak.html#local_map|title=Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada |publisher=travelingluck.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>
'''Amadjuak''' ({{respell|uh|MA|joo|ak}})<ref name="bartleby">{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/72/A04072.html|title=Amadjuak|year=2000|work=The Columbia Gazetteer of North America|publisher=bartleby.com|accessdate=2009-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310104205/http://www.bartleby.com/69/72/A04072.html|archive-date=2005-03-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a former<ref name="inuitarteskimoart"/> [[Inuit]] settlement on southern [[Baffin Island]] in the Canadian territory of [[Nunavut]]. Amadjuak Bay is {{cvt|4|km}} south, on [[Hudson Strait]].<ref name="travelingluck">{{cite web|url=http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Canada/Nunavut/_5884318_Amadjuak.html#local_map|title=Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada |publisher=travelingluck.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The [[Hudson's Bay Company]] opened a [[trading post]], #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.<ref name="Duffy">{{cite book|last=Duffy|first=Ronald Quinn |title=The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|date=1987|edition=Digitized by GoogleBooks|pages=13|isbn=0773506195|url=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}}</ref><ref name="gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/resource/post_rec/post26.html|title=AMADJUAK|publisher=gov.mb.ca|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>
The [[Hudson's Bay Company]] opened a fur [[trading post]] (#B380) at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.<ref name="Duffy">{{cite book|last=Duffy|first=Ronald Quinn |title=The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|year=1987|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roadtonunavutpro0000duff/page/13 13]|isbn=0-7735-0619-5|url=https://archive.org/details/roadtonunavutpro0000duff|url-access=registration|quote=amadjuak hudson's.}}</ref><ref name=keystone>{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Company: Amadjuak |url=https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%201546?sessionsearch |website=pam.minisisinc.com |publisher=Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>


==Notable residents==
The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.<ref name="inuitarteskimoart">{{cite web|url=http://inuitarteskimoart.com/b-inuitarteskimoart-Oshuitoq_Ningeeuaga.html|title=NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ|publisher=inuitarteskimoart.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>
The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.<ref name="inuitarteskimoart">{{cite web|url=http://inuitarteskimoart.com/b-inuitarteskimoart-Oshuitoq_Ningeeuaga.html|title=NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ|publisher=inuitarteskimoart.com|accessdate=2009-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527052659/http://inuitarteskimoart.com/b-inuitarteskimoart-Oshuitoq_Ningeeuaga.html|archive-date=2011-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
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* [http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-1984.129.48/ Photo, 1920s]
* [http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-1984.129.48/ Photo, 1920s]


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Latest revision as of 17:47, 26 March 2024

For the lake, see Amadjuak Lake.

Amadjuak
Amadjuak is located in Nunavut
Amadjuak
Amadjuak
Coordinates: 64°01′N 072°39′W / 64.017°N 72.650°W / 64.017; -72.650[1]
LandKanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
IslandBaffin 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]

History

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The Hudson's Bay Company opened a fur trading post (#B380) at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[5][6]

Notable residents

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The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Amadjuak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Amadjuak". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  3. ^ a b "NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ". inuitarteskimoart.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  5. ^ Duffy, Ronald Quinn (1987). The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 13. ISBN 0-7735-0619-5. amadjuak hudson's.
  6. ^ "Hudson's Bay Company: Amadjuak". pam.minisisinc.com. Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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