Nachvak, Newfoundland and Labrador

Nachvak is a deep fiord in northern Labrador nearly 2 km wide and 20 km long. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and The fiord is divided in two arms on the western end called Tallek and Tasiuyak. The mountains that surround the Nachvak are the highest in Labrador, where both Mount Razorback to the north and Mount Caubvick to the south are located. For the Montreal indie band see Torngat Torngat Mountains are a Mountain range located on the Labrador Peninsula at the northern tip Mount Caubvick (known as Mont D'Iberville in Quebec) is a Mountain located on the border between Labrador and Quebec in the Selamiut Range

The Inuit of Labrador have historically used this place as a summer fishing station. Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting It was the site of a Hudson's Bay Company post from 1868 to 1905, the most northerly of the company's posts in Labrador. Governor William MacGregor estimated during his trip to northern Labrador in 1905 that there were 20 to 30 heathen, non-Moravian Inuit, in addition to Hudson's Bay Company personnel. Sir William MacGregor GCMG, CB, (20 October 1846 – 3 July 1919 was a Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland. In 1904 the Moravians induced several families to move to Killinek where a mission station was established. In 1908 MacGregor had noted that the Moravians hoped to induce the remaining Inuit to move to Hebron. Hebron is the name of a former Moravian mission that was the northernmost settlement in Labrador.

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