Baker Lake, Nunavut

This article is about the hamlet in Nunavut, Canada. For the lake in Nunavut, see Baker Lake (Nunavut).

Baker Lake
  • ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
  • Qamani'tuaq
Hamlet
Baker Lake, 1995
Baker Lake, 1995
Official logo of Baker Lake
Logo
Baker Lake is located in Nunavut
Baker Lake
Baker Lake
Baker Lake is located in Canada
Baker Lake
Baker Lake
Coordinates: 64°19′10″N 096°01′15″W / 64.31944°N 96.02083°W / 64.31944; -96.02083[1]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionKivalliq
Electoral districtBaker Lake
Government
[2][3]
 • TypeHamlet Council
 • MayorKevin Iksiktaaryuk
 • MLAsCraig Simailak
Area
 (2021)[4][5]
 • Total
179.54 km2 (69.32 sq mi)
 • Population Centre1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation
[6]
18 m (59 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4][5]
 • Total
2,069
 • Density11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Population centre
1,653
 • Population centre density1,060/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code
X0C 0A0
Area code867
Websitewww.bakerlake.ca

Baker Lake (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ 'big lake joined by a river at both ends', Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq 'where the river widens') is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located 320 km (200 mi) inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being Nunavut's sole inland community. The hamlet is located at the mouth of the Thelon River on the shore of Baker Lake. The community was given its English name in 1761 from Captain William Christopher who named it after Sir William Baker, the 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Baker Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Baker Lake, Nunavut [Population centre]". 6 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Sandy Lunan, Hudson's Bay Co. Factor, baking his own bread, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, 1946". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  8. ^ "Hbc Heritage – Heritage Home". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  9. ^ Baker Lake history