Basin countries Canada Settlements uninhabited Area 245 km² | Surface area 245 km (95 sq mi) Surface elevation 184 m | |
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Location Kivalliq Region, Nunavut | ||
Henik Lake is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The lake is made up of two lakes, North Henik Lake and South Henik Lake with a narrows separating them. Of the two, North Henik Lake is the smaller with an area of 245 km2 (95 sq mi), while South Henik Lake has an area of 513 km2 (198 sq mi).
Contents
Map of North Henik lake, Keewatin, Unorganized, NU, Canada
History
In 1949, a group of Inuit, the Ihalmiut, were relocated from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake but they later returned to Ennadai. In 1957, the Government of Canada relocated the Ihalmuit a second time but to Henik Lake, an area with few caribou and the group of 59 were soon starving. Among them were, Kikkik, who killed her half-brother in self-defence.
References
Henik Lake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA