When to go & weather

Weather

There is a great geographic diversity. Even the tundra has many rich shades of beauty and the region is far from a desolate plain of snow and ice. In the southwest, beaches and sand dunes stretch as far as the eye can see. In the northeast, the formidable Torngat Mountains extend in a series of bare, rocky peaks and untamed valleys 300km along the border of Labrador. The province’s highest peak, Mont d’Iberville (1652m), is here.

There are also five meteorite-formed craters in Nunavik (of the 144 known on earth). The largest – indeed one of the largest on Earth – is called Pingualuit, a 1.4-million-year-old cavity with a diameter of 3.4km and a depth of 433m (the height of a 145-story building) in parts. The lake that’s formed inside the crater contains water considered among the purest in the world. In terms of transparency, it’s second only to Japan’s Lake Masyuko. Pingualuit lies 88km southwest of Kangiqsujuaq.

Floating above this unusual terrain are the magical northern lights (aurora borealis), which can be seen an average of 243 nights each year.