Baker Lake
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 Settlement Baker Lake on the lake of the same name Baker Lake |
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 Canada
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| Territory : | Nunavut | ||
| Region: | Kivalliq | ||
| Coordinates : | 64 ° 19 ′ N , 96 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 1700 (as of:) | ||
 Vera Akumalik Information Center in Baker Lake, a true-to-life former Hudson's Bay Company trading post building from 1916 |
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Baker Lake ( Inuktitut ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Qamanittuaq , "where the river widens"), Nunavut region Kivalliq , is a young settlement that emerged only in the mid-1950s with around 1,700 inhabitants (92% of them Inuit ). Geographically, the village is located right in the center of Canada and exposed to the extreme conditions of a continental climate. As the only Canadian Inuit settlement, the place is not on the seashore, but in the Barrenlands - on the mainland around 300 kilometers west of Hudson Bay on Baker Lake , which is connected to the open sea by the Chesterfield Inlet . Baker Lake has scheduled flights (First Air) and is also accessible by charter flights ( Calm Air , Skyward Aviation, Kivalliq Air).
The origin of the settlement was a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, founded in 1916 on Uqpiktujuq (Big Hips Island in Baker Lake) and relocated to the mouth of the Thelon River in 1926 .
In 1927 the first Roman Catholic and Anglican missionaries came here and set up mission stations. In 1938 the first post of the RCMP ( Royal Canadian Mounted Police ) was established. In 1956, the first nurse-operated infirmary was built, the forerunner of today's Baker Lake Health Center, and the first school opened in 1957.
Since the 1960s, Baker Lake has become one of the most important centers for Inuit art (serpentine sculptures, art graphics, wall hangings). The most famous Inuit artists from Baker Lake include Luke Anguhadluq (1895–1982), Barnabus Arnasungaaq (* 1924), Irene Avaalaaqiaq (* 1941), Victoria Mamnguqsualak (* 1930), Jessie Unark (Oonark) (1906–1985) , Simon Tookoome (* 1934), Marion Tuu'luuq (1910–2002).
The 2019 elected lower house deputies Mumilaaq Qaqqaq comes from Baker Lake.
Baker Lake is the starting point for charter flights to the area of the Thelon River with the nature reserve of the same name ( Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary ) and the lower Kazan River as well as to Ukkusiksalik National Park and for walks to the nearby Inuujaarvik Territorial Park, a camp area.
There is a scheduled flight connection (First Air) with Winnipeg via Churchill and Rankin Inlet .
Climate table
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Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Baker Lake
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Personalities
- Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (* 1993), Canadian politician
literature
- Miriam Dewar (Ed.): The Nunavut Handbook: Traveling in Canada's Arctic . Ayaya Marketing & Communications, Iqaluit / Ottawa 2004, ISBN 0-9736754-0-3 (English).
