Official Tourist Guide for Nunavik.

I could have scanned into the whole thing but the pictures are already getting a tad crazy so I'll just type of a very nice first caption from the book.

"Nunavik's Human History

The history of those who have occupied Nunavik over the centuries is a reflection of the populations which have inhabited the entire Arctic from Siberia in the west to Greenland in the east. Roughly 4,500 years ago, a slow migration began from Alaska. Groups, know today as Paleo-Eskimo, took 500 years to arrive in Nunavik, occupying the east coast of Hudson Bay, as well as different areas of Ungava Bay. For almost 1,500 years the coasts of the region ensured their survival. Then, for unknown reasons, approximately 2,500 years ago, this population disappeared from Nunavik.

Much later, about 2,000 years ago, other groups came to Nunavik, following the arrival of a significant population in neighbouring eastern Arctic territories. Archaeologist have named these people Dorset. They occupied different areas of Nunavik for over 1,000 years and harvested marine wildlife for the most part. It was towards the middle of this period that Dorset art became prominent. Then, between 1000 and 500 years ago, this groups seems to have disappeared from the region. The actual time is currently disputed by archaeologists.

Around 1000AD, the Thule, ancestors of today's Inuit, appeared in the western part of Northern Canada. Rapidly, groups belonging to this new culture commenced migrating eastward. The new arrival progressed technology much better adapted to the cold conditions of the Arctic at that period. In Nunavik, the earliest Thule sites date to around 13th century and are found on the coasts of the Hudson Strait and western Ungava Bay.

From the second half of the 16th century, the records of European explorers mentions encounters with groups living on Baffin Island and other nearby island. The encounters were generally brief as well as sporadic. Nunavik Thule occupying the shores of the Hudson Strait and eastern Hudson Bay possibly became aware of the new presence in the North around 17th century, through contact would have been very limited. Elsewhere in Nunavik, contact was non-existing. The first fur-trading posts , which were established during the 18th century and many more which followed in the 19th century, changed this. Some areas, however, continued without any direct contract until the 20th century. Nonetheless, the fur-trading period marked the beginning of drastic and irreversible changes in the lives of the Inuit of Nunavik - Avataq Cultural Institute"