Tasiujarjuaq

Tasiujarjuaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ,[1] meaning "big lake-like lake") formerly Soper Lake[2] is a large, irregularly shaped lake in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. The Inuit name references the lake's meromictic attribute, a mixture of fresh and salt water caused by a set of reversing falls and 9–10 m (30–33 ft) tides in Pleasant Inlet. The fresh water of Soper River drains into the lake which then drains into the salt water of Pleasant Inlet before reaching the Arctic Ocean.

In Nunavik, Tasiujarjuaq may refer to Hudson Bay instead.
Tasiujarjuaq
Tasiujarjuaq near Kimmirut
Tasiujarjuaq is located in Nunavut
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Tasiujarjuaq
LocationBaffin Island, Nunavut
Coordinates62°53′08″N 69°53′20″W
Primary inflowsSoper River
Primary outflowsPleasant Inlet
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsKimmirut

The hamlet of Kimmirut (previously, Lake Harbour) is situated at Glasgow Bay. In 1911, Hudson's Bay Company established its first south Baffin trading post at Lake Harbour.[3]

The river and lake were named by Canadian biologist and Arctic explorer, J. Dewey Soper who travelled in the area in 1931.[4]

Fauna

The lake is home to Greenland cod.

References
  1. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Tasiujarjuaq". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  2. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Tasiujarjuaq". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  3. Katherine Jacob (May 2, 2006). "Baffin Island's green valley". Grand Magazine. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  4. "The Soper River - Baffin Island". tatshenshini.com. Retrieved 2008-01-19.


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