Amadjuak
# Amadjuak

Amadjuak (uh-MA-joo-ak) is a former Inuit settlement on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Amadjuak Bay is 4 km (2.5 mi) south, on Hudson Strait.

## History

The Hudson's Bay Company opened a trading post, #B380, at Amadjuak in 1921 and it remained in operation through 1933.

## Notable residents

The artist, Ningeeuga Oshuitoq, was born at Amadjuak Camp in 1918.

