Kangirsuk

Kangirsuk (in Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ/Kangirsuq, meaning "the bay") is an Inuit village in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada.

[5] Kangirsuk has a tundra climate (ET), characterized by long, cold winters and short, but cool and rainy summers with chilly nights.

Not far from the village on Pamiok Island, Thomas E. Lee, an archaeologist from Université Laval, discovered a stone foundation of what he identified at the time to be a Viking long house.

[6] Another archeological site, Hammer of Thor, is located on north shores of Payne River about 25 km (16 mi) west of the village.

[8] The community is depicted in the 2019 short film Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi).

On the islands of Kyak Bay and Virgin Lake located to the east and north-east of Kangirsuk, respectively, important colonies of eider ducks nest every year.

Pamiok Island, Longhouse No. 2
The barren terrain at the mouth of the Arnaud River and Payne Bay. Kangirsuk is faintly visible on the north (left) shore just below the open water.