Bluenose Lake
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Location | Kitikmeot, Nunavut |
Coordinates | 68°28′N 119°45′W / 68.467°N 119.750°WCoordinates: 68°28′N 119°45′W / 68.467°N 119.750°W |
Primary outflows | Croker River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 33 mi (53 km) |
Max. width | 12 mi (19 km) |
Surface area | 155 sq mi (400 km2) |
Surface elevation | 1,800 ft (550 m) |
Settlements | uninhabited |
Bluenose Lake is a lake in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located north of the Arctic Circle within the large, shallow basin of the . It is approximately 33 mi (53 km) long, 12 mi (19 km) wide, and is situated at 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level.[1] The Croker River flows north from Bluenose Lake to the Arctic Ocean, entering at Dolphin and Union Strait.[2]
It was officially named in 1953 by John Kelsall and James Mitchell subsequent to their biological investigation of the previously unnamed lake.[3]
Fauna[]
The area barren-ground caribou are divided, genetically, into two herds, Bluenose-east and Bluenose-west.[4] Other mammals include Arctic fox, Arctic ground squirrel, Arctic hare, Back's lemming, barren-ground grizzly bear, collared lemming, muskox, short-tailed weasel, tundra vole, and wolf.[3]
Birds that frequent the area include Arctic loon, Arctic tern, Baird's sandpiper, black-bellied plover, buff-breasted sandpiper, Canada goose, glaucous gull, golden eagle, golden plover, herring gull, king eider, Lapland longspur, long-tailed jaeger, mallard, northern phalarope, oldsquaw, parasitic jaeger, pectoral sandpiper, pintail, raven, red-breasted merganser, red-throated loon, rough-legged hawk, sanderling, semipalmated sandpiper, short-eared owl, snow bunting, snowy owl, tree sparrow, water pipit, whistling swan, willow ptarmigan, and yellow-billed loon.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kelsall, p. 190
- ^ Hodgins, Bruce W.; Gwyneth Hoyle (1994). Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-920474-93-8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Kelsall, John P. (1970). "Observations of birds and mammals at Bluenose Lake". Arctic. 23 (3). doi:10.14430/arctic3171.
- ^ Patterson, Brent R.; Benjamin T. Olsen; Damien O. Joly (March 2004). "Population estimate for the Bluenose-East caribou herd" (PDF). Arctic. 57 (1): 47–58. doi:10.14430/arctic482. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2013.
- Lakes of Kitikmeot Region
- Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut geography stubs