Henik Lake
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| North Henik Lake | |
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| Location | Kivalliq Region, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 61°43′59″N 097°40′00″W / 61.73306°N 97.66667°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| Settlements | uninhabited |
| South Henik Lake | |
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| Location | Kivalliq Region, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 61°29′59″N 097°20′09″W / 61.49972°N 97.33583°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 489 km2 (189 sq mi) |
| Settlements | uninhabited |
Henik Lake is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The lake is made up of two lakes, North Henik and South Henik with a narrows separating them. Of the two, North Henik Lake[1] is the smaller with an area of 245 km2 (95 sq mi), while South Henik Lake[2] has an area of 489 km2 (189 sq mi).
History
In 1949, a group of Inuit, the Ihalmiut, were relocated from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake but they later returned to Ennadai. In 1957, the Government of Canada relocated the Ihalmuit a second time but to Henik Lake, an area with few caribou and the group of 59 were soon starving. Among them were, Kikkik, who killed her half-brother in self-defence.[3]
References
- ↑ North Henik Lake at the Atlas of Canada
- ↑ South Henik Lake at the Atlas of Canada
- ↑ Remembering Kikkik
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Coordinates: 61°39′03″N 097°22′12″W / 61.65083°N 97.37000°W
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