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The Cape Hope Islands are an uninhabited
Canadian arctic islands The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, which is, by itself, much larger ...
group located within the midsection of
James Bay James Bay (, ; ) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is politically part of Nunavut. Its largest island is Akimiski Island. Numerous waterways of the ...
in
Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, Canada. They are situated south of Vieux-Comptoir (Old Factory).


History

The
Inuit Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...
who lived on the Cape Hope Islands in the 1930s were transferred by the government to Great Whale River in 1960. They now live in
Kuujjuarapik, Quebec Kuujjuarapik (also spelled Kuujjuaraapik; ''little great river'') is the southernmost northern village (Inuit community) at the mouth of the Great Whale River () on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. Almost 1,000 people, mos ...
, and there is no longer a permanent settlement on the Cape Hope Islands.


Notable people

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Mini Aodla Freeman Mini Aodla Freeman is an Inuk playwright, writer, poet and essayist. She was born in July 1936 on Cape Hope Island (Nunaaluk) in James Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada. Mini Aodla was taken by the authorities to Bishop Horden ...
, publisher, author, producer, was born on the Cape Hope Islands.


References

Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of James Bay Archipelagoes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago {{QikiqtaalukNU-island-stub