Dawson Inlet

Dawson Inlet cuts into the western shore of Hudson Bay, with the Copperneedle River entering its southern arm. South of the inlet, long gravel ridges formed by glaciers reach towards the sea, some continuing offshore as narrow islands. The Tassiujormiu Inuit spent winters inland near Kaminak Lake and summers hunting seals along the coast around Dawson Inlet. In the eighteenth century, Hudson's Bay Company traders also encountered groups of Inuit here on voyages along the western shore.