- Henik Lake
-
North Henik Lake Location Kivalliq Region, Nunavut Coordinates 61°43′59″N 097°40′00″W / 61.73306°N 97.6666667°W Basin countries Canada Surface area 245 km2 (95 sq mi) Settlements uninhabited South Henik Lake Location Kivalliq Region, Nunavut Coordinates 61°29′59″N 097°20′09″W / 61.49972°N 97.33583°W Basin countries Canada Surface area 489 km2 (189 sq mi) Settlements uninhabited Henik Lake is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The lake is made up of two lakes, North Henik and South Henik with a narrows separating them. Of the two, North Henik Lake[1] is the smaller with an area of 245 km2 (95 sq mi), while South Henik Lake[2] has an area of 489 km2 (189 sq mi).
History
In 1949, a group of Inuit, the Ihalmiut, were relocated from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake but they later returned to Ennadai. In 1957, the Government of Canada relocated the Ihalmuit a second time but to Henik Lake, an area with few caribou and the group of 59 were soon starving. Among them were, Kikkik, who killed her half-brother in self-defence.[3]
References
- ^ North Henik Lake at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ South Henik Lake at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ Remembering Kikkik
Lakes of Nunavut Kitikmeot Region Kivalliq Region Qikiqtaaluk Region Categories:- Lakes of Kivalliq Region
- Kivalliq Region, Nunavut geography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
