General Information

Meaning: The bay
Population: 463

Kangirsuk is located on the north shore of the Payne River between a rocky cliff to the north and a large, rocky hill to the west. In 1981, Kangirsuk was incorporated as a municipality.

Important colonies of eider ducks nest every year on nearby islands, where Inuit women collect the precious down of those birds to make the warm parkas which protect Kangirsumiut from the biting, winter cold.