kANGIDLUASUk

kANGIDLUASUk – The Rhythm on the Land

kANGIDLUASUk is fast becoming a new and exotic destination in Nunatsiavut.  It is the location of a summer base camp – a collaboration between Parks Canada and the Nunatsiavut Government – located on Inuit land at the southern boundary of the Torngat Mountains National Park.  The base camp is established and managed by Inuit. It is a way to tell the Inuit story and to celebrate an Inuit homeland.  It is an opportunity to connect to the Torngat Mountains through an Inuit cultural lens.

Parks Canada and the Nunatsiavut Government welcome you to kANGIDLUASUk  …

Why is it spelled with a small “k” and capital letters for the rest of the word?  Because in the Labrador Inuit dialect there is a difference in the sound of a “k” and a “K”.  This format allows us to identify the correct  “k"

What are the symbols in the kANGIDLUASUk logo at the top of the home page?  They are syllabics, the Nunavik (northern Quebec) Inuit written language.

The following is the proper pronunciation of kANGIDLUASUk.

Where is kANGIDLUASUk?

kANGIDLUASUk  is the Inuktitut name for St. Johns Harbour which is in Saglek Bay.  It is the location for the Base Camp and it is  land under the jurisdiction of the Nunatsiavut Government.

It is adjacent to the southern boundary of the Torngat Mountains National Park of Canada.  It is more than 200 km from Nain, the closest community in Labrador, and 100 km from Kangiqsualujjuaq, the closest community in Nunavik.

kANGIDLUASUK and the surrounding area was used by Historic Inuit, Thule, Dorset and others for centuries and  evidence of their occupancy is still visible on the landscape today.  More recently this area was used extensively in the 1960’s during the construction and maintenance of the Saglek Radar Base.  Saglek Radar Base is currently a location for a long range radar site which is part of the North Warning System.