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Qamanirjuaq Lake

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287:"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." 33: 1155: 40: 82: 322:
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
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Holmen, Kjeld; George Wilby Scotter (Winter 1967). "Sphagnum species of the Thelon River and Kaminuriak Lake regions, Northwest Territories".
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Data on the Biology of Lake Whitefish and Lake Trout from Kaminuriak Lake, District of Keewatin, N.W.T. (Northwest Territories)
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Scotter, George Wilby (Summer 1966). "Bryophytes of the Thelon River and Kaminuriak Lake Regions, N.W.T.".
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through the eastern barrenlands. The lake is located about 2 km (1 mi) downstream from
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Qamanirjuaq Lake is within the northern Hearne Domain, Western Churchill province of the
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The lake is irregularly shaped with several inlets and unnamed islands, in a
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The calving grounds of the large migratory Qamanirjuaq herd of
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Map of Qamanirjuaq Lake and Qamanirjuaq caribou herd range
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William W. Shilts Geologic Image Gallery (2007-08-28).
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McMartin, Isabelle; Penny J. Henderson (2007-12-10).
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Archived from 208:200 km (124 mi) W of 648: 627: 602: 568: 538: 481: 470: 283:1894 canoe expedition report: 202:146 km (91 mi) S of 1: 738:Thomson, John Walter (1984). 409: 279:, described the lake in his 254: 7: 551:Geological Survey of Canada 392: 295:, northwest section of the 281:Geological Survey of Canada 10: 1195: 578:Annual Report (New Series) 1150: 1097: 984: 931: 749:Columbia University Press 215: 198: 188: 184: 176: 168: 164: 153: 136: 122: 74: 60: 26: 21: 1179:Lakes of Kivalliq Region 745:(Google Book Search pdf) 582:(Google Book Search pdf) 399:List of lakes of Nunavut 314:Qamanirjuaq caribou herd 263:area of north-northwest 741:American Arctic Lichens 404:List of lakes of Canada 341: 326:/Nunavut, northeastern 180:92 m (302 ft) 16:Lake in Nunavut, Canada 526:Cite journal requires 356:high levels of mercury 372:Lasallia pensylvanica 332:Northwest Territories 320:barren-ground caribou 346:In the mid 1970s, a 299:in northern Canada. 705:Bond, W.A. 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Qamanirjuaq Lake is located in Nunavut
Kivalliq Region
Nunavut
62°57′N 95°46′W / 62.950°N 95.767°W / 62.950; -95.767 (Qamanirjuaq Lake)
Primary inflows
Ferguson River
Primary outflows
Ferguson River
Basin
Islands
Baker Lake
Rankin Inlet
Kivalliq Region
Nunavut
Ferguson River
Ferguson Lake
permafrost
ice flow
tree line
Arctic
Joseph Tyrrell
Geological Survey of Canada
Churchill Craton
Canadian Shield
Inuktitut
Inuk
barren-ground caribou
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories

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