Kuujjuarapik

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Kuujjuarapik is a remote northern village in Quebec, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay and known for its Inuit and Cree communities.

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Kuujjuarapik canonical 1
village of Kuujjuarapik 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
northern village municipality
adjacentTo Whapmagoostui
climateCharacteristic long cold winters
short cool summers
country Canada
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous population
governingBody Northern Village Municipality of Kuujjuarapik
hasAreaCode 819
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasCommunicationInfrastructure satellite-based telecommunications
hasEducationalFacility local primary school
hasHealthFacility local health centre
hasIndigenousCommunity Cree
Inuit
hasLatitudeApprox 55 degrees north
hasLongitudeApprox 77 degrees west
hasNearbyAirport Kuujjuarapik Airport
hasNearbyCommunity Whapmagoostui Cree Nation
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasPostalCodePrefix J0M
hasPrimaryEconomicActivities fishing
hunting
local services
trapping
hasRecreation traditional land-based activities
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches
historicalActivity fur trade
historicalUse Hudson Bay Company trading area
linked to: Rupert's Land
indigenousLanguage Cree language
Inuktitut
locatedIn Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nunavik
locatedInCulturalRegion Arctic and Subarctic Canada
linked to: Northern Canada
locatedInRegion Nord-du-Québec
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNorthOf La Grande River
locatedOnBodyOfWater Hudson Bay
locatedOnCoastOf Hudson Bay
officialLanguage English
French
partOf Kativik Regional Government jurisdiction
roadAccess no permanent road connection to southern Quebec
sharesAirstripWith Whapmagoostui
transportConnection air transport
seasonal sealift

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Nord-du-Québec hasSettlement Kuujjuarapik
Tursujuq National Park locatedNear village of Kuujjuarapik
linked to: Kuujjuarapik