Amadjuak

Amadjuak is a former Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is south, on Hudson Strait.

History

The Hudson's Bay Company opened a fur trading post at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.

Notable residents

The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.