Qamanirjuaq Lake
| Qamanirjuaq Lake | |
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 Qamanirjuaq Lake
Location in Nunavut
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| Location | Kivalliq Region, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 62°56′N 95°45′W / 62.933°N 95.750°WCoordinates: 62°56′N 95°45′W / 62.933°N 95.750°W |
| Primary inflows | Ferguson River |
| Primary outflows |
Ferguson River at Parker Lake South |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 549 km2 (212 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Islands | several (unnamed) |
| Settlements | 146 km (91 mi) S of Baker Lake; 200 km (124 mi) W of Rankin Inlet |
| References | |
Qamanirjuaq Lake (variant: Kaminuriak Lake; pronunciation: ka-min-YOO-ree-ak; meaning: "huge lake adjoining a river at both ends") is a lake in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is the first of several named lakes on the eastward flow of the Ferguson River through the eastern barrenlands. The lake is located about 1 mile (2 km) downstream from Ferguson Lake, and adjacent upstream to Parker Lake South. The Ferguson River passes through a series of rapids before entering the western arm of Qamanirjuaq Lake.
The lake is irregularly shaped with several inlets and unnamed islands, in a permafrost area of north-northwest ice flow, north of the tree lineCanadian Arctic explorer, Joseph Burr Tyrrell, described the lake in his Geological Survey of Canada 1894 canoe expedition report:
Qamanirjuaq Lake is within the northern Hearne Domain, Western Churchill province of the Churchill craton, northwest section of the Canadian Shield in northern Canada.
The Ahimaa Cave (Inuktitut: "are you other?" or "are you other being?"), once inhabited by Inuit, is hollowed out of Qamanirjuaq Lake's massive cliff.
This habitat is hospitable to Qamanirjuaq barren-ground caribou, the namesake of the lake, who consider the area surrounding the lake as their traditional calving grounds, returning annually after travelling an inconsistent, unpredictable 500 miles (805 km) range through Manitoba/Nunavut, northeastern Saskatchewan, and southeastern Northwest Territories. The herd, a keystone species, has been safeguarded by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board since 1982.
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