Ivujivik

Ivujivik (Inuktitut: ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃ Inuktitut pronunciation: [ivujivik], 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 village itself is located on a small sandy cove between imposing cliffs that drop steeply into Digges Sound.

[6] Archaeological dating estimates nearly 3000 years since the arrival in the area of Thule People, ancestors of today's Inuit, from Baffin Island.

[6] The Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post on Erik Cove near Cape Wolstenholme in 1909.

This marked the beginning of the modern village as nomadic Inuit finally began to settle permanently.

[6] In 1962, the Inuit established a cooperative that has allowed the community to better structure its local economy and develop new activities such as sculpture, crafts, and tourism focusing on hunting and fishing.

[1] Ivujivik, along with Puvirnituq, was one of two Inuit villages that refused to sign the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.

A local hunter, Sirqualuk Ainalik, heard the noise, ran over, and saved her by shooting the bear as it attacked.

Satellite image of Digges Sound with Ivujivik marked "A" (click image for full legend)