Umiujaq
A Young Inuit Village On Hudson Bay, Built In The 1980s At The Foot Of A Distinctive Hill, Close To Tursujuq National Park And The Lac Guillaume Delisle Area, With Sandy Beaches, Cuesta Cliffs And A Strong Boating Culture. A Remote Village Reached Only By Air · Umiujaq, Quebec
Umiujaq is an Inuit village of roughly 450 to 500 people on the east coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, built in the 1980s at the foot of a steep hill that gave the village its name (confirm). It stands about 140 to 160 km north of Kuujjuarapik and is reached only by scheduled flight, often as the first Inuit village north of the Cree and Inuit point at the Great Whale River. It is not a sightseeing town: there is no old quarter, no tour desk and no fixed programme. What it offers is the doorway to Tursujuq National Park and the huge salt lake called Lac Guillaume-Delisle, with its cliffs of tilted rock, a short boat or charter run away (confirm). The village itself has sandy beaches, a planned layout of tidy houses and a boating culture. Services are a Co-op store, a small hotel or guest house and a few takeaways (confirm). Weather and ice rule every plan, so allow spare days and hire local guides.
Umiujaq, an Inuit village of about 450 people on the Hudson Bay coast of Nunavik at the foot of a hill called Umiujaq, about 160 km north of Kuujjuarapik, reached by scheduled flight; coordinates approximate, Umiujaq, Quebec, Canada
Umiujaq keeps no visiting hours because it is a living village. The Co-op, any Northern store, the guest house, the park desk and the community hall keep their own hours, often roughly 9 to 5 on weekdays with a shorter day at the weekend - confirm by phone. Boat trips and park visits run roughly July to September while the bay and the lake are open, and snowmobile trips run roughly February to April. Midsummer brings almost endless light, while midwinter brings long darkness and fewer services for visitors. Walking the beach and the streets costs nothing at any hour.