Aquiatulavik Bay

Hudson Strait separates the southern coast of Baffin Island from the Ungava Peninsula and joins Hudson Bay to the Labrador Sea. Ice covers much of this northern passage for a long part of the year, while seals, walrus and whales inhabit its waters. Inuit hunters knew the strait and its coasts long before the arrival of European ships. In the eighteenth century, Inuit also met Hudson's Bay Company vessels passing through the strait and exchanged goods with their crews.