Baker Lake (Nunavut)

Baker Lake (Nunavut)

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lake_name = Baker Lake
image_lake = Baker Lake Community 1995-06-29.jpg
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location = Nunavut
coords = coord|64|09|00|N|95|30|00|W|type:waterbody_region:CA|display=inline,title
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inflow = Thelon River, Kazan River
outflow = Chesterfield Inlet
catchment =
basin_countries = Canada
length =
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area = 1,887 km² (729 mi²)
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cities = Baker Lake

Baker Lake or Qamani’tuaq ("where the river widens") is situated in Nunavut, Canada and is approximately 1,887 km² (729 mi²) in size. The lake is fed by the Thelon River from the west and the Kazan River from the south and drains into Chesterfield Inlet and thus into Hudson Bay.

The Inuit hamlet of Baker Lake is situated at the west end of the lake near the mouth of the Thelon River. Although the Inuit had been in the area for some time, the first outside presence was the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post at the east end of the lake in 1915. This was followed in 1916 by the Hudson's Bay Company post set up at the mouth of the Kazan River until 1930 when it moved to the present location.

Baker Lake area is home to Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou herds, as well as other wildlife associated with northern Canada's Arctic. [cite web |url=http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:cKtpRdsZhtgJ:ftp.nunavut.ca/nirb/NIRB_SCREENINGS/COMPLETED_SCREENINGS/2007_SCREENINGS/07EN005-Western_Uranium_Corporation/1-SCREENING/02-DISTRIBUTION/COMMENTS/070311-07EN005-Orin%2520Durey%2520Comments-IMAE.pdf+Akiliniq&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us |title=Orin Durey Intervention |publisher=nunavut.ca |accessdate=2008-01-16]

References

External links

* [http://www.bakerlake.org/HTML/3105-Hamlet.htm Hamlet of Baker Lake]
* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html#nunavut Atlas of Canada, Lakes of Nunavut]

Other Baker Lakes

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/activities/trails/bakerlake.shtml Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA]
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