Aupaluk
One Of The Smallest Villages In Nunavik, Set On A Sheltered Bay Of Ungava Bay With Extreme Tides, Fishing For Char, Hills Of Tundra And A Close Knit Community. A Very Remote Village, Reached Only By Air, With Minimal Visitor Services · Aupaluk, Quebec
Aupaluk is one of the smallest villages in Nunavik, home to roughly 200 to 250 people on Hopes Advance Bay, a sheltered arm of the west shore of Ungava Bay. The name is said to mean red, after the rust-stained rock of the shore and hills (confirm). The village dates from the mid-1970s, when families chose to settle together at a good hunting and fishing place, and it is reached only by scheduled flight, normally Air Inuit from Kuujjuaq (confirm). It is not a sightseeing town: there is no old quarter, no tour desk and no fixed programme. What it offers is a very quiet bay with some of the largest tides on earth, tundra hills, char rivers and a close community. A Co-op store and a few houses taking visitors may be all that exists in the way of services, and a hotel may not exist at all (confirm). Weather and ice rule every plan, so allow spare days and hire a local driver for any trip beyond the houses.
Aupaluk, an Inuit village of about 220 people on Hopes Advance Bay on the west shore of Ungava Bay in Nunavik, reached by scheduled flight; coordinates approximate, Aupaluk, Quebec, Canada
Aupaluk keeps no visiting hours because it is a living village. The Co-op, the municipal office, any guest house and the community hall keep their own hours, often roughly 9 to 5 on weekdays with a short Saturday and a closed Sunday - confirm by phone. Boat trips run roughly July to September while the bay is free of ice, and snowmobile trips run roughly March to May. Midsummer light lasts nearly round the clock, and December brings a few hours of grey daylight and fewer services for visitors. Walking the shore and the streets costs nothing at any hour.