Nueltin Lake

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Nueltin Lake
Location Division No. 23, Manitoba /
Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
Coordinates 60°09′03″N 099°45′23″W / 60.15083°N 99.75639°W / 60.15083; -99.75639 (Nueltin Lake)Coordinates: 60°09′03″N 099°45′23″W / 60.15083°N 99.75639°W / 60.15083; -99.75639 (Nueltin Lake)
Basin countries Canada
Surface area 1,851 km2 (715 sq mi)

Nueltin Lake (Chipewyan: Nu-thel-tin-tu-ch-eh, meaning "sleeping island lake") straddles the Manitoba-Nunavut border in Canada. The lake, which has an area of 1,851 km2 (715 sq mi), is predominantly in Nunavut's Kivalliq Region, and on the Manitoba side there is the Nueltin Lake Airport which serves the fishing lodge. The lake is split into two parts by a set of narrows.[1][2]

In 1949, the Government of Canada relocated an Inuit group, the Ihalmiut, to Nueltin from Ennadai Lake but the hunting was poor and they did not stay in the Nueltin area.[3]

See also

P. G. Downes

References

  1. ↑ Nueltin Lake, Nunavut and Manitoba at the Atlas of Canada
  2. ↑ "Nueltin Lake". thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2007-12-31. 
  3. ↑ To Improve the Lives of Aboriginal People
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