Soper Lake
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| Soper Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | |
| Primary inflows | Soper River |
| Primary outflows | Pleasant Inlet |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | Kimmirut |
Soper Lake (Tasiujajuaq, Inuit term meaning "big lake-like lake") is located on the southernmost peninsula of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit name references the lake's meromictic attribute, a mixture of fresh and salt water caused by a set of reversing falls and 9-10 meter tides in Pleasant Inlet. The fresh water of Soper River (Kuujuaq, "the great river"), a Canadian Heritage River, drains into the lake which drains into the salt water Pleasant Inlet before reaching the Arctic Ocean.
Kimmirut (previously named Lake Harbour) is a hamlet on the lake at Glasgow Bay. In 1911, Hudson's Bay Company established its first south Baffin trading post at Lake Harbour.[1]
The lake is home to Greenland cod. The river and lake were named by Canadian biologist and Arctic explorer, J. Dewey Soper who travelled in the area in 1931.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Katherine Jacob (May 2, 2006). Baffin Island's green valley. Grand Magazine.
- ^ The Soper River - Baffin Island. tatshenshini.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
