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Lake Beechey (sometimes Beechey Lake) is a lake in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a long, narrow, lake-expansion of the Back River. It is part of the western Canadian Precambrian Shield. It contains a few unnamed islands.

Lake Beechey
Lake Beechey
Location	Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Coordinates	65°25′00″N 106°50′00″W
Primary inflows	Back River
Primary outflows	Back River
Basin countries	Canada
Settlements	uninhabited

Historically, Lake Beechey was the southernmost territory of Copper Inuit.[1]

The first European to explore the lake was George Back[2] and named by Sir John Franklin in honour of Frederick William Beechey.[3][4]

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