Tasiujaq (disambiguation)

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Tasiujaq is a northern village municipality in Quebec. It may also refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Umiujaq</span> Northern village municipality in Quebec, Canada

Umiujaq is a northern village 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 2021 Census was 541.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tasiujaq</span> Northern village municipality in Quebec, Canada

Tasiujaq is a northern village in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 420.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Tasiujaq</span>

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Tasiujaq formerly Eclipse Sound is a natural waterway through the Arctic Archipelago within the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It separates Bylot Island from Baffin Island. To the east, it opens into Baffin Bay via Pond Inlet, and to the north-west into the Navy Board Inlet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inuit Nunangat</span> Inuit regions of Canada

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Tasiujaq is an Inuit reserved land in Nunavik, in northern Quebec. Like all Inuit reserved lands in Quebec, it has no resident population and is associated with a nearby northern village of the same name: Tasiujaq.

Kuugjuaq is an Inuit language name and may refer to:

Tasiujaq, previously Igloo Bay is an uninhabited bay of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It flows into Inugsuin Fiord and then into Kangiqtugaapik and onto Davis Strait. The community of Clyde River is located 35 km (22 mi) northwest.