Lake Tasiujaq

Lake Tasiujaq
Richmond Gulf / Lac Guillaume-Delisle
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Lake Tasiujaq is located in Quebec
Lake Tasiujaq
Lake Tasiujaq
LocationHudson Bay, Nunavik, Quebec
Coordinates56°14′58″N 76°17′39″W / 56.24944°N 76.29417°W / 56.24944; -76.29417
Primary inflowsClearwater River
Primary outflowsLe Goulet
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length61 km (38 mi)
Max. width22 km (14 mi)
Surface area712 km2 (275 sq mi) [1]
SettlementsUmiujaq
References[1]

Lake Tasiujaq (French: lac Tasiujaq; Inuktitut: Tasiujaq (which resembles a lake)) is a large triangular-shaped inland bay located on east side of Hudson Bay just above 56th parallel north in Quebec, Canada.[2] It was formerly known as Richmond Gulf in English and Lac Guillaume-Delisle in French.[3][4]

In 2008, regional councillors asked the Commission de toponymie du Québec to rename Richmond Gulf as Lac Tasiujaq.[5] The name was officially adopted on 26 February 2016.[1]

A vast area surrounding the lake, Clearwater Lakes (Lacs à l'Eau-Claire), and Iberville Lake (Lac D'Iberville) was included in the Tursujuq National Park, officially established on July 18, 2013.[6]

On the south shore, there are the remnants of an abandoned Hudson's Bay Company trading post, called Fort Richmond, which operated from 1750 to 1759 and from 1921 to 1927.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c "Lac Tasiujaq" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. ^ "Lac Tasiujaq". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. ^ "Richmond Gulf". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  4. ^ "Lac Guillaume-Delisle". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  5. ^ Peake, Michael (June 2008). "Canoesworthy". Che-Mun Magazine (133): 3.
  6. ^ Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, Provisional Master Plan Parc national des Lacs-Guillaume-Delisle-et-à-l'Eau-Claire, Quebec, 2008, ISBN 978-2-550-52710-7 (Online version Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine)
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Umiujaq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Hudson's Bay Company Archives