Nunavik
Aupaluk
This small Inuit village has a population of under a 160 people, presenting an opportunity for visitors to easily make contact with the Inuit people who can accompany travelers wishing to discover the area and seeing the wildlife in the area. Here are the largest herds of caribou ever recorded. Close to a million Caribou make their annual autumn migration, a sight unmatched in the world. Around the village the landscape is flat and ideal for hiking excursions, which include magnificent views over the tundra and Ungava Bay.
Kangiqsujuaq
The village of Kangiqsujuaq, once the site of the Hudson’s Bay Company and Révillon Frères trading posts at the beginning of the 20th century, lies in a valley surrounded by grand mountains and a landscape of stunning beauty. Stay and see how the local Inuit harvest their mussels in the winter. During low tide, they pierce holes in the sea ice, dropping themselves down to collect the seafood delicacy.
Pingualuit Crater is a basin of water, located about 88km (55mi) from Kangiqsujuaq, and was created by a meteor 1.4 million years ago. The 3.4km (2.1mi) diameter crater rises 160m above the surrounding tundra and is 400m deep. It contains some of the purest water in the world. In 1999 the crater was renamed “Pingualuit”, which means “where the land rises” in the local Inuit language.
