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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 |
'''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> |
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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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[[Category:Communities in Qikiqtaaluk Region]] |
[[Category:Communities in Qikiqtaaluk Region]] |
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Revision as of 23:10, 9 March 2009
Amadjuak
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| Land |  Kanada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Island | Baffin Island |
Amadjuak, Nunavut (uh-MA-joo-ak)[1] is a former[2] Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is 4 km (2.5 mi) south, on Hudson Strait.[3]
History
The Hudson's Bay Company opened a trading post, #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.[4][5]
The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.[2]
References
- ^ "Amadjuak". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ a b "NINGEEUGA OSHUITOQ". inuitarteskimoart.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Amadjuak, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Duffy, Ronald Quinn (1987). The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War (Digitized by GoogleBooks ed.). McGill-Queen's Press. p. 13. ISBN 0773506195.
- ^ "AMADJUAK". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
External links
64°01′02″N 072°38′54″W / 64.01722°N 72.64833°W
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