Kiggaluk was a former Inuit reserved land, with geographic code 99875, adjacent to the southeast corner of the Cree village of Chisasibi, within the Baie-James municipality (south of the 55th parallel and outside the territory of the Kativik Regional Government).
The Municipality of Baie-James was a municipality in northern Quebec, Canada, which existed from 1971 to 2012. Located to the east of James Bay, Baie-James covered 297,332.84 km2 (114,800.85 sq mi) of land, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Canada — only eight unorganized territories were larger. Its territory almost entirely covered the administrative region of Jamésie, although it contained less than five percent of the population. Essentially, it was the remainder of the Jamésie Territory's land after all of the major population centres were removed.
The 55th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 55 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Kativik Regional Government (KGR) encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec. Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of the 55th parallel. The administrative capital is Kuujjuaq, on the Koksoak River, about 50 kilometres inland from the southern end of the Ungava Bay.
It was mentioned as being part of the Ungava electoral district in the 2001 electoral map [1] (but not in the 2011 electoral map) and as being part of the Abitibi judicial district. [2] It is shown in some possibly outdated maps. [3] [4]
However, it is not listed in the Répertoire des municipalités of the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire , nor was it listed in the Canada 2011 Census or the previous two censuses in 2006 and 2001.
The Commission de toponymie du Québec has no reference for the place name of "Kiggaluk" (or "Kigaluk").
The Commission de toponymie du Québec is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes.
There is a "Kigaluk [sic] Landholding Corporation of Chisasibi (Inuit)" among the landholding corporations for the various Inuit communities. [5]
