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Qamanirjuaq Lake formerly Kaminuriak Lake,[3] pronunciation: ka-min-YOO-ree-ak; meaning: "huge lake adjoining a river at both ends",[4] is a lake in the 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 2 km (1 mi) 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.

Qamanirjuaq Lake
Qamanirjuaq Lake Location in Nunavut
Location	Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
Coordinates	62°57′N 95°46′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	[1][2]

Geography

The lake is irregularly shaped with several inlets and unnamed islands, in a permafrost area of north-northwest ice flow, north of the tree line.[5] Arctic explorer, Joseph Tyrrell, described the lake in his Geological Survey of Canada 1894 canoe expedition report:

"Kaminuriak Lake is a beautiful sheet of clear cold water lying in the till-covered plain... Where seen, the beach is in some places sandy, but more generally of large boulders, which, on the more exposed parts of the shore are arranged in a regular wall to the height of from eight to twelve feet, while in the bays they are scattered over a shallow floor of sand or till. Back from the lake the country stretches in wide treeless plains, or rises in low grassy hills, which show no signs of any underlying rock... Following the south shore of Kaminuriak Lake to its southeastern angle, the river was again reached... now a much larger stream, sixty yards wide and two feet deep."[6]

Qamanirjuaq Lake is within the northern Hearne Domain, Western Churchill province of the Churchill Craton, northwest section of the Canadian Shield in northern Canada.

Ahimaa (Inuktitut: "are you other?" or "are you other being?"), a cave, once inhabited by an Inuk, is hollowed out of Qamanirjuaq Lake's massive cliff.[7]

Qamanirjuaq caribou herd

The calving grounds of the large migratory Qamanirjuaq herd of barren-ground caribou are in the area surrounding Lake Qamanirjuaq, after which they are named. The herd returns annually after travelling an inconsistent, unpredictable 800 km (500 mi) 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.[8]

Fish

In the mid 1970s, a fishery was moved from Kaminak Lake (which proved to have unacceptably high levels of mercury), to Qamanirjuaq Lake which showed no elevated mercury levels. The lake is filled with lake whitefish and lake trout for commercial fishing, and is also home to Lasallia pensylvanica lichen, sphagnum, bryophytes, and a few dwarf birch.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

See also

• List of lakes of Nunavut
• List of lakes of Canada

References

External links

• Map of Qamanirjuaq Lake and Qamanirjuaq caribou herd range

На других языках

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[de] Qamanirjuaq Lake

Qamanirjuaq Lake (auch Kaminuriak Lake) ist ein 548 km² großer See im kanadischen Territorium Nunavut, 150 km westlich der Hudson Bay.

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- [en] Qamanirjuaq Lake

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[fr] Lac Qamanirjuaq

Le lac Qamanirjuaq, anciennement le lac Kaminuriak[1], dont le nom signifie « immense lac jouxtant une rivière aux deux extrémités »[2], est un lac dans la région de Kivalliq, au Nunavut, au Canada. C'est le premier de plusieurs lacs nommés sur l'écoulement vers l'est de la rivière Ferguson à travers les terres arides de l'est. Le lac est situé à environ 2 kilomètres en aval du lac Ferguson et adjacent en amont au lac Parker sud. La rivière Ferguson traverse une série de rapides avant de pénétrer dans le bras ouest du lac Qamanirjuaq.

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[ru] Каминьюриак

Озеро Каминьюриак (англ. Kaminuriak Lake, Qamanirjuaq Lake) — озеро на территории Нунавут в Канаде. Название озера произносится "Ка-минь-Ю-ри-ак" и переводится как "огромное озеро, примыкающее к реке на обоих концах".[источник не указан 1269 дней]

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