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Umiujaq
Umiujaq
is a
northern village
(
Inuit
community) near the eastern shore of
Hudson Bay
in
Nunavik
in northern
Quebec
,
Canada
. The village was established in 1986 by
Inuit
from
Kuujjuarapik
, 160 km to the south, who decided to relocate away from the area affected by the
James Bay Hydro-electric Project
. The population in the
Canada 2011 Census
was 444. Umiujaq is the closest community to
Tursujuq National Park
, which was officially opened on July 18, 2013, and covers .
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