Baker Lake (Nunavut)

Baker Lake ( Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq; " where the river widens " ) is a lake in the Kivalliq Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located about 150 km west of the northwest coast of Hudson Bay.

In the Baker Lake flows from the west of the Thelon River and south of the Kazan River. His drain via two broad arms ( North Channel and South Channel ) to the nearby Chesterfield Inlet, a long and narrow bay of the Hudson Bay. The water area of ​​the Baker Lake is 1783 km ², including islands are 1887 km ². The water table is only 2 meters above sea level.

The Baker Lake Inuit settlement located on the west end of the lake near the mouth of the Thelon River. 1915 items in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was built at the east end of the lake. A year later a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, near the delta of the Kazan River. 1930th this trading post to its current location.

Fauna

In the surrounding area of the lake and the Beverly Qamanirjuaq live caribou herds.