Groswater Bay

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54°20′00″N 57°39′57″W / 54.33333°N 57.66583°W / 54.33333; -57.66583Basin countriesCanada

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

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

Many birds nest here, including common eiders.[5]

Legacy

The Groswater culture of Paleo-Eskimos is named after Groswater Bay.

References

Citations

  1. ^ 1[permanent dead link].
  2. ^ "Groswater Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador". Atlas of Canada. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  3. ^ Hamilton (1996), s.v. "Groswater Bay".
  4. ^ 1 Archived 2018-01-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "South Groswater Bay Coastline Rigolet, Labrador LB013". IBA Site Listing. Important Bird Areas in Canada. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

Bibliography

  • Hamilton, William Baillie (1996), Place Names of Atlantic Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9780802075703.
  • 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