Ungava Peninsula

The Ungava Peninsula forms a large part of northern Quebec, between Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, and Ungava Bay. Rocky uplands, lakes, rivers, and tundra create a landscape with short summers and long winters. Caribou, fish, and other animals offered resources distributed across considerable distances, while coastal waters supplied additional foods. Seasonal movement allowed communities to combine environments that could not provide everything at one fixed place.

The wider Nunavik world was shaped by Inuit and neighbouring Indigenous histories, with routes and relationships extending across inland and coastal country. Around 1830 the Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Chimo on the Koksoak River, near present-day Kuujjuaq. Inuit, Innu and Naskapi came to trade there, adding a new post to a region already connected by Indigenous travel and exchange.