About Inukjuak

It is the weekend, and besides going for a walk, doing groceries, and reading almost a whole book, I had time to look up information about my new home.

Inukjuak is an inuit settlement located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. Inukjuak means "the big man" or "the giant". The settlement was established in the early fifties. It has a population of 1294. The principle access is by air, or boat during the summer months, and the principle languages are Inuktitut and English.

It was previously called Harrison post, and was used by the Hudson bay company as a fur trading post from 1936 until 1958. It has been a legally established community since 1980. The nursing station was started in 1947 and the school was built in 1951.