Umiujaq is located on the Hudson Bay coast, at the northern tip of Lac Guillaume-Delisle, which marks the limit between the tundra and the forest-tundra biomes. It is the smallest of the three communities involved in the project with a population of about 350 residents (Statistics Canada, 2001) . It is also the newest village in the region, having been constructed in 1985-1986 when some of Inuit living in Kuujjuaraapik moved to Umiujaq in order to preserve their traditional lifestyle (Makivik Corporation, 2005) .