Whapmagoostui
Whapmagoostui is the northernmost Cree village in Quebec, Canada, located at the mouth of the Great Whale River on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik. About 906 Cree with about 650 Inuit, living in the neighbouring village of Kuujjuarapik.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 1,020 residents
- Description: Cree reserved land in Quebec, Canada
- Neighbors: Kuujjuarapik
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kuujjuarapik Airport.
Kuujjuarapik Airport
Aerodrome
Kuujjuarapik Airport is located adjacent to the Inuit community of Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, Canada. It also serves the nearby Cree community of Whapmagoostui.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuujjuarapik.
Kuujjuarapik
Photo: OhanaUnited, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kuujjuarapik and neighbouring Whapmagoostui are twin villages with a total of about 1800 people in Nunavik in the far north of Quebec. Kuujjuarapik sits at the mouth of the Grande-Baleine River on the coast of Hudson Bay.
Whapmagoostui
- Categories: Cree reserved land and locality
- Location: Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.27595° or 55° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
-77.75465° or 77° 45′ 17″ westPopulation
1,020Open location code
977476GW+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 13470651765OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q3567599
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cree to Turkish—“Whapmagoostui” goes by many names.
- Cree: “ᐙᐸᒣᑯᔥᑐᐃ”
- Dutch: “Whapmagoostui”
- Estonian: “Wâpimâkuštui”
- Estonian: “Whapmagoostui”
- French: “Whapmagoostui”
- Galician: “Whapmagoostui”
- German: “Whapmagoostui”
- Turkish: “Whapmagoostui”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱᒃ ᐙᐸᒣᑯᔥᑐᐃ Kuujjuarapik-Whapmagoostui and Qijunniavik.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whapmagoostui Detachment and Arena.
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