- Snegamook lake
Infobox lake
lake_name = Snegamook lake
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location =Labrador
coords = coord|54|32|59|N|61|26|57|W|region:CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
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outflow = Kanairiktok River
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basin_countries = Canada
length = 22 km
width = 7 km
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elevation = 130 m
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frozen =Snegamook Lake is a medium sized
lake in centralLabrador (in the Canadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador ). The lake lies within the easternmost part of theCanadian Shield and is about 22 km long, 7 km wide, at elevation 130 masl and is located at coord|54|32|59|N|61|26|57|W|region:CA_type:waterbody.The lake drained by the Kanairiktok River, over a small waterfall at the lake's eastern end, to the Atlantic via Kanairiktok Bay.
Located within the Central Mineral Belt (of Labrador) the area has been prospected for minerals since the 1920s, with a current focus on copper-gold and uranium deposits. The region is mostly unihabited and access to Snegamook Lake is by floatplane or helicopter (out of
Goose Bay , Labrador). Some manage to travel by canoe or dogsled.Snegamook Lake is known as "Ashtinekamuku" in Innu-aimun, a local
Inuit language.
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