Groswater Bay
| Groswater Bay | |
|---|---|
| Kangerliorsoak (Innu) | |
| File:Lake Melville-Hamilton Inlet-Groswater Bay.png A map of the Lake Melville/Hamilton Inlet/Groswater Bay system, showing Hamilton Inlet as inclusive of L. Melville and Groswater Bay as "Eskimo Bay" | |
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| Location | South central Labrador, at the entrance of Hamilton Inlet |
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| Basin countries | Canada |
Groswater Bay (Inuttitut: Kangerliorsoak),[1] also known by other names, is a bay in south central Labrador, Canada.[2] Its Hamilton Inlet and Melville Lake extensions stretch 140 km (87 mi) inland.
Names
[edit | edit source]Groswater Bay's name is a compound formed from French gros ("fat; thick; coarse, rough") and English water, reflecting the long history of using the area for fishing.[3] It has also been known as Ivucktoke or Aviktok (Inuttitut: Aivitok); Eskimo or Esquimaux Bay (French: Baie des Esquimaux, "Bay of the Eskimos"); and St Louis Bay (French: Baie-St Louis). These names are also sometimes extended to Hamilton Inlet and even Lake Melville.[4]
Fauna
[edit | edit source]Many birds nest here, including common eiders.[5]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]The Groswater culture of Paleo-Eskimos is named after Groswater Bay.
References
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ 1[permanent dead link].
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- ^ Hamilton (1996), s.v. "Groswater Bay".
- ^ 1 Archived 2018-01-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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Bibliography
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External links
[edit | edit source]- A map of Labrador with Hamilton Inlet shown excluding L. Melville
- "River Flow and Winter Hydrographic Structure of the Hamilton Inlet-Lake Melville Estuary of Labrador", which treats Hamilton Inlet as synonymous with Groswater Bay and exclusive of Lake Melville
