Lake Beechey

Lake Beechey
Location Kitikmeot, Nunavut
Primary inflows Back River
Primary outflows Back River
Basin countries Canada
Settlements uninhabited

Lake Beechey (sometimes Beechey Lake) is a lake in Kitikmeot, 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 un-named islands.

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

The lake was discovered by explorer George Back[2] and named by Sir John Franklin in honor of Frederick William Beechey.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Cummins, Bryan; Cummins, B.D. (2004). Faces Of The North: The Ethnographic Photography Of John Honigmann. Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. p. 149. ISBN 1896219799. http://books.google.com/books?id=I3dy40EqyCAC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=%22lake+beechey%22&source=web&ots=DOz_Tui_0P&sig=BJpoE8IOmeegeuGJvP3u25gwezo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result. 
  2. ^ Stefansson, V.; Wilcox, O. R., & Harrison, R. E. (2005). Great adventures and explorations: from the earliest times to the present as told by the explorers themselves. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing. pp. 525. ISBN 1417990902. http://books.google.com/books?id=nirPnnbkO9IC&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22lake+beechey%22&source=web&ots=xULJkPtFvj&sig=5NDpEFJQRszuofV2osvj_CWCQb4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA525,M1. 
  3. ^ "Beechey, Frederick William". thecanadianencyclopedia.com. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000634. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 
  4. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. London: Rivingtons. pp. 65. OCLC 4161840. http://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA65&lpg=RA1-PA65&dq=%22lake+beechey%22&source=web&ots=gFVuTHv8Nn&sig=WhflW0kz3d9ZY-oP68lEnrQ4Ips&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result.