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ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Baker Lake
Nunavuttown
ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Baker Lake
Founded
1916
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Overview
Baker Lake is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located on the shore of the namesake Baker Lake, it is notable for being Nunavut's sole inland community. The community was given its English name in 1761 from Captain William Christopher who named it after Sir William Baker, the 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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History
The area was the traditional summer hunting and fishing grounds for the Inuit. In 1762, the lake was explored by Captain Christopher of the Hudson’s Bay Company, who sailed up Chesterfield Inlet. Anglican missionaries followed 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 1936, Revillon Frères folded, and the HBC took over its buildings. In 1979 the Baker Lake Hunters and Trappers Association and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITK) took the Canadian federal government to court for giving exploration licences to mining companies in areas where the Inuit hunt caribou. Judge Mahoney of the Federal Court of Canada, in Hamlet of Baker Lake v. Minister of Indian Affairs, recognized the existence of Aboriginal Title in Nunavut.The plaintiffs were concerned that "government-licensed exploration companies were interfering with their aboriginal rights, specifically, their right to hunt caribou."
Geography
Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre. The hamlet is located at the mouth of the Thelon River on the shore of Baker Lake. Baker Lake features a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfc), bordering closely on a tundra climate, with short, cool summers and long, extremely cold winters. Winters run from October/November until April/May with temperatures averaging between . Baker Lake is host to a variety of wildlife including caribou, muskox, Arctic hares, wolves, wolverines, sik-siks, geese, and lake trout among others.
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Nearby places in Nunavut
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- Padlei167.4 mi away
- ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ Chesterfield Inlet175.4 mi away · pop. 360
- Tavani180.1 mi away
- ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ Whale Cove182.7 mi away · pop. 350
- Wager Bay187.9 mi away
- ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ Arviat230.4 mi away · pop. 2,060
- Ennadai268.6 mi away
- ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Gjoa Haven297.8 mi away · pop. 900
- Nunalla306.6 mi away
- Repulse Bay319.4 mi away
- ᓇᐅᔮᑦ Naujaat319.5 mi away · pop. 1,082
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 6205023
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,061
- Wikidata
- Q804378
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012