General Information

Meaning: Which resembles a boat
Population: 382

Located about 160 km north of Kuujjuarapik, Umiujaq was established in 1986. The community is located at the foot of a hill resembling an overturned umiaq (traditional Inuit walrus-skin boat).

Richmond Gulf (Tasiujaq), located 15 km east of the village, is an immense inland bay. It is joined with Hudson Bay by a rocky, glacier-polished gulch, named the "Goulet", which resembles a canyon.