Salluit Fjord

Salluit Fjord, also known as Sugluk Inlet, cuts into the northern coast of the Ungava Peninsula from Hudson Strait. High, rugged hills rise around its narrow waters. Qikirtaq Island stands at the entrance, where the Tayara archaeological site has yielded traces of the Dorset people who occupied the region long before the arrival of Europeans. The ancestors of the Sallumiut, the Inuit of Salluit, also travelled and lived along this coast over many generations.