Snegamook lake

Snegamook lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Snegamook lake
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location = Labrador
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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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Snegamook Lake is a medium sized lake in central Labrador (in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador). The lake lies within the easternmost part of the Canadian Shield and is about 22 km long, 7 km wide, at elevation 130 m asl 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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