Baker Lake, Nunavut
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Baker Lake ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Qamani'tuaq |
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Baker Lake, 1995
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 Baker Lake
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| Coordinates: 64°19′05″N 096°01′03″W / 64.31806°N 96.01750°WCoordinates: 64°19′05″N 096°01′03″W / 64.31806°N 96.01750°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kivalliq Region |
| Electoral district | Baker Lake |
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| • Type | Hamlet Council |
| • Mayor | Joseph Aupaluktuq |
| • MLAs | Simeon Mikkungwak |
| Area | |
| • Hamlet | 182.22 km2 (70.36 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Hamlet | 1,872 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,165 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0C 0A0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Website | www |
Baker Lake (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ, big lake joined by a river at both ends, Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq, where the river widens), is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located 320 km (200 mi) inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community. The hamlet is located at the mouth of the Thelon River on the shore of Baker Lake. The community was given its English name in 1761 from Captain William Christopher who named it after Sir William Baker 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
In 1916, the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at Baker Lake, followed by Anglican missionaries in 1927. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had been in the area for fifteen years before establishing a post at Baker Lake in 1930. In 1946 the population was 32, of which 25 were Inuit. A small hospital was built in 1957, followed by a regional school the next year.
Videos of elders sharing oral histories have been collected by Inuit students as part of the Nunavut Teacher Education Program.
In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that Baker Lake had a population of 1,872 living in 507 of its 629 total dwellings, an 8.3% change from its 2006 population of 1,728. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to the same population of 1,872, but living in 506 of its 603 total dwellings. With a land area of 16.82 km2 (6.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.3/km2 (26.6/sq mi) in 2011.
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