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The settlement's original name, Fort Severight, honoured John Severight, a North West Company man who had headed Fort Coulonge during McLean's time there. After its re-establishment, it was variously known from its location as Fort George, George's River, [5] George River, George River Post, and
Simon was born in Fort Severight (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), Quebec. She briefly worked as a producer and announcer for the CBC Northern Service in the 1970s before entering public service, serving on the board of the Northern Quebec Inuit Association and playing a key role in the Charlottetown Accord negotiations.
The Historical Journey of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec. John McLean established Fort Severight for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1838. The fort, located a bit south of the present-day town, served as a salmon and seal fishery, supplying Fort Chimo to the west and Fort Trial and Fort Nascopie to the south. However, it was abandoned in 1842.
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The George River originates about 175 kilometres (109 mi) east of Schefferville in Lake Jannière, between bogs and swamps. The headwater lakes are shallow, connected by rushing rapids. After Lake Advance, the river runs through heavy whitewater until it reaches Indian House Lake (Naskapi: Mushuan Nipi, "Big Lake in the Barrens"), which stretches 60...
The George River received its present name on 12 August 1811, by two Moravian missionaries Benjamin Gottlieb Kohlmeister and George Kmoch. These two missionaries came first to Okak in Labrador, then to Ungava Bay with a vision to evangelize the Inuit. They wrote in their diary: "We then proclaimed the name of the Kangertlualuksoak to be henceforth ...
The migratory George River caribou herd (GRCH), in the Ungava region of Quebec and Labrador in eastern Canada was once the world's largest herd with 800 000–900 000 animals. Although it is categorized as a subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou, the woodland caribou, the GRCH is migratoryand like the barren-ground caribou its ecotype may be tundra ca...
August 2018Helen's fallsAbandoned US Army weather stationon Indian House LakeGeorge RiverBibliography
1. Banfield, Alexander William Francis (1961), "A Revision of the Reindeer and Caribou, Genus Rangifer", Bulletin, Biological Services, 177(66), National Museum of Canada 2. Bergerud, Arthur T.; Luttich, Stuart N.; Camps, Lodewijk (December 2007), The Return of Caribou to Ungava, Native and Northern Series, McGill-Queen's, ISBN 9780773532335, retrieved 16 December2013 3. "George River caribou population continues alarming decline: Photo survey by N.L., Quebec biologists found 14,200 caribou,...
Kangiqsualujjuaq is an Inuit village located at the mouth of the George River on the east coast of Ungava Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. Its population was 956 as of the 2021 census. Overview
Kangiqsualujjuaq is an Inuit village located on the east coast of Ungava Bay at the mouth of the George River, in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 874. The community has also been known as Fort Severight, Fort George River, George River, and Port-Nouveau-Québec.
John McLean established Fort Severight for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1838. It was a bit south of the present-day town, at 58.5286°N -65.8929°W (now marked as Illutaliviniq on topographic maps). It served as a salmon and seal fishery, supplying Fort Chimo to the west and Fort Trial and Fort Nascopie to the south.
