Wemindji
Wemindji is a small Cree community on the east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Maquatua River in Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Cree Nation of Wemindji.- Type: Post office
- Description: Cree reserved land in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Paint Hills”
- Neighbors: Baie-James and Wemindji
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wemindji Airport and Billy Blackned Memorial Park.
Billy Blackned Memorial Park
Sports venue
Billy Blackned Memorial Park is a sports venue, which is situated 780 metres east of Wemindji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wemindji.
Wemindji
Wemindji is a village of about 1400 people in Quebec on James Bay, which is the southern part of Hudson Bay. Wemindji is part of the Cree Aboriginal nation.
Wemindji
- Category: Cree reserved land
- Location: Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.00024° or 53° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-78.81634° or 78° 48′ 59″ west
Population
1,560
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9753252M+3F
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In Other Languages
From Cree to Turkish—“Wemindji” goes by many names.
- Cree: “ᐐᒥᓂᒌ”
- Dutch: “Wemindji”
- Estonian: “Wemindji”
- Estonian: “Wîminicî”
- French: “Nouveau-Comptoir”
- French: “Wemindji”
- Galician: “Wemindji”
- German: “Wemindji”
- Portuguese: “Wemindji”
- Spanish: “Wemindji”
- Turkish: “Wemindji”
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