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lake+beechey Latitude and Longitude:

65°25′00″N 106°50′00″W / 65.41667°N 106.83333°W / 65.41667; -106.83333 (Lake Beechey)
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Lake Beechey
Lake Beechey is located in Nunavut
Lake Beechey
Lake Beechey
Location Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Coordinates 65°25′00″N 106°50′00″W / 65.41667°N 106.83333°W / 65.41667; -106.83333 (Lake Beechey)
Primary inflows Back River
Primary outflows Back River
Basin countriesCanada
Settlementsuninhabited

Lake Beechey (sometimes Beechey Lake) is a lake in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a long, narrow, lake-expansion of the Back River. It is part of the western Canadian Precambrian Shield. It contains a few unnamed islands.

Historically, Lake Beechey was the southernmost territory of Copper Inuit. [1]

The first European to explore the lake was George Back [2] and named by Sir John Franklin in honour of Frederick William Beechey. [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Cummins, Bryan; Cummins, B.D. (2004). Faces Of The North: The Ethnographic Photography Of John Honigmann. Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 149. ISBN  1-896219-79-9.
  2. ^ Stefansson, V.; Wilcox, O. R.; Harrison, R. E. (2005). Great adventures and explorations: from the earliest times to the present as told by the explorers themselves. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing. p. 525. ISBN  1-4179-9090-2.
  3. ^ "Frederick William Beechey". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. London: Rivingtons. pp.  65. OCLC  4161840. lake beechey.



lake+beechey Latitude and Longitude:

65°25′00″N 106°50′00″W / 65.41667°N 106.83333°W / 65.41667; -106.83333 (Lake Beechey)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Beechey
Lake Beechey is located in Nunavut
Lake Beechey
Lake Beechey
Location Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Coordinates 65°25′00″N 106°50′00″W / 65.41667°N 106.83333°W / 65.41667; -106.83333 (Lake Beechey)
Primary inflows Back River
Primary outflows Back River
Basin countriesCanada
Settlementsuninhabited

Lake Beechey (sometimes Beechey Lake) is a lake in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a long, narrow, lake-expansion of the Back River. It is part of the western Canadian Precambrian Shield. It contains a few unnamed islands.

Historically, Lake Beechey was the southernmost territory of Copper Inuit. [1]

The first European to explore the lake was George Back [2] and named by Sir John Franklin in honour of Frederick William Beechey. [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Cummins, Bryan; Cummins, B.D. (2004). Faces Of The North: The Ethnographic Photography Of John Honigmann. Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 149. ISBN  1-896219-79-9.
  2. ^ Stefansson, V.; Wilcox, O. R.; Harrison, R. E. (2005). Great adventures and explorations: from the earliest times to the present as told by the explorers themselves. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing. p. 525. ISBN  1-4179-9090-2.
  3. ^ "Frederick William Beechey". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. London: Rivingtons. pp.  65. OCLC  4161840. lake beechey.



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