 The main reason the old trading post site was not selected as the site for the new village was its foreshore (tide land) was dotted with large boulders, and access by boat in summer would have been difficult.In 1971, once the community was organized, a cooperative store was established independently by residents, and is now associated with the Federation of Co-operatives of Northern Quebec.Since 1996, the police services, as the other villages in the Kativik region, are provided by the Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF).