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There is daily Air Inuit service from Montreal to Umiujaq on Hudson Bay. From Umiujaq, you can paddle 50 km south to the Gullet and Lac Tasiujaq (Richmond Gulf), or be driven the short distance from the village to the top of Tasiujaq. Once on Lac Tasiujaq (formerly Richmond Gulf), one can follow A.P. Low's route to Clearwater Lake (Wiyashakimi) as we originally intended. An invite to spend a week as guests of the new Tursujuq National Park made that impractical (along with the idea of 23 portages in 80 km), so we flew on an Air Mont Laurier Otter from the head of Lac Tasiujaq (park staff were very helpful) to the north shore of Clearwater Lake, a few miles from the mouth of the Noonish River (not listed as such on most maps, but that is what Low called it). It is a short flight.
Some gear rental may be available from the Park (link below). The James Bay Rd runs all the way to La Grande Airport from where one may also fly Air Inuit to Umiujaq. To start at Clearwater Lake, there is a road that splits off of the James Bay Rd and runs to a float plane base at km 257 also
Air Inuit - https://www.airinuit.com/en/destination/umiujaq#
Tursujuq National Park - http://www.nunavikparks.ca/en/parks/tursujuq
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