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'''Amadjuak Lake''', [[1 E9 m2|3,115 km2]] (1,202 Sq Mi), elevation 113 m, is one of two lakes (the other being [[Nettilling Lake]]) situated in the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak in south-central [[Baffin Island]], [[Canada]]. This lower-lying area only emerged 4,500 years ago (recently in geological terms) from beneath the waters of [[Foxe Basin]]. Amadjuak Lake is the second largest lake on Baffin Island (after Nettilling Lake) and third-largest in [[Nunavut]]. Amadjuak Lake is 154 km south of Burwash Bay. The closest city is [[Iqaluit]].(Jacobs, 1997) |
'''Amadjuak Lake''', [[1 E9 m2|3,115 km2]] (1,202 Sq Mi), elevation 113 m, is one of two lakes (the other being [[Nettilling Lake]]) situated in the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak in south-central [[Baffin Island]], [[Canada]]. This lower-lying area only emerged 4,500 years ago (recently in geological terms) from beneath the waters of [[Foxe Basin]]. Amadjuak Lake is the second largest [[lake]] on Baffin Island (after Nettilling Lake) and third-largest in [[Nunavut]]. Amadjuak Lake is 154 km south of Burwash Bay. The closest city is [[Iqaluit]].(Jacobs, 1997) |
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Amadjuak Lake's [[Arctic tundra]] yielded artifacts dating 3,000 B.C. of [[Thule people]]'s autumnal use, and later was a gathering place for [[Inuit]] from [[Kimmirut, Nunavut|Kimmirut]], [[Soper River]] Valley, [[Pangnirtung]], [[Cape Dorset]], and [[Frobisher Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://park.org/Canada/arctic/soper1/soper1.html |title=History of the Soper River |publisher=park.org |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> Amadjuak Lake is also notable as a summer feeding grounds, calving grounds, and migration route for the Southern Qikiqtaaluk herd of [[Barren-ground caribou]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itk.ca/environment/wildlife-caribou.php |title=Inuit Knowledge of the Qikiqtaaluk Caribou |publisher=itk.ca |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> |
Amadjuak Lake's [[Arctic tundra]] yielded artifacts dating 3,000 B.C. of [[Thule people]]'s autumnal use, and later was a gathering place for [[Inuit]] from [[Kimmirut, Nunavut|Kimmirut]], [[Soper River]] Valley, [[Pangnirtung]], [[Cape Dorset]], and [[Frobisher Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://park.org/Canada/arctic/soper1/soper1.html |title=History of the Soper River |publisher=park.org |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> Amadjuak Lake is also notable as a summer feeding grounds, calving grounds, and migration route for the Southern Qikiqtaaluk herd of [[Barren-ground caribou]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itk.ca/environment/wildlife-caribou.php |title=Inuit Knowledge of the Qikiqtaaluk Caribou |publisher=itk.ca |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> |
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| Amadjuak Lake | |
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| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | 64°55′N 71°00′W / 64.917°N 71.000°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 1,202 sq mi (3,113 km2) |
| Surface elevation | 113m |
Amadjuak Lake, 3,115 km2 (1,202 Sq Mi), elevation 113 m, is one of two lakes (the other being Nettilling Lake) situated in the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak in south-central Baffin Island, Canada. This lower-lying area only emerged 4,500 years ago (recently in geological terms) from beneath the waters of Foxe Basin. Amadjuak Lake is the second largest lake on Baffin Island (after Nettilling Lake) and third-largest in Nunavut. Amadjuak Lake is 154 km south of Burwash Bay. The closest city is Iqaluit.(Jacobs, 1997)
Amadjuak Lake's Arctic tundra yielded artifacts dating 3,000 B.C. of Thule people's autumnal use, and later was a gathering place for Inuit from Kimmirut, Soper River Valley, Pangnirtung, Cape Dorset, and Frobisher Bay.[1] Amadjuak Lake is also notable as a summer feeding grounds, calving grounds, and migration route for the Southern Qikiqtaaluk herd of Barren-ground caribou. [2]
References
- ^ "History of the Soper River". park.org. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ^ "Inuit Knowledge of the Qikiqtaaluk Caribou". itk.ca. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- Jacobs, J. D., A. N. Headley, L. A. Maus, and W. N. Mode. 1997. "Climate and Vegetation of the Interior Lowlands of Southern Baffin Island: Long-Term Stability at the Low Arctic Limit". Arctic. 50, no. 2: 167.
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