Hamilton Inlet
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| Hamilton Inlet | |
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 A map of the Lake Melville/Hamilton Inlet/Groswater Bay system, showing Hamilton Inlet as inclusive of L. Melville | |
  Hamilton Inlet Location in Labrador | |
| Location | south central Labrador, between Lake Melville and Groswater Bay |
| Coordinates | 54°17′39″N 57°53′56″W / 54.29417°N 57.89889°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Hamilton Inlet is a
Rigolet
.
Names
It was given its present name in honour of
Charles Hamilton, commodore-governor of Newfoundland in the early 1800s and former namesake of the inlet's affluent, the Hamilton River (now the Churchill). Inclusive of Groswater Bay, it has also been known as Ivucktoke (Inuttitut: Aivitok); Eskimo or Esquimaux Bay (French: Baie des Esquimaux, "Bay of the Eskimos"); and St Louis Bay (French: Baie-St Louis).[1]
History
In 1586, it was the scene of an
Inuit attack on the expedition of John Davis which killed two and wounded others.[2]
References
Citations
- ^ Hamilton (1996), s.v. "Hamilton Falls; Hamilton Inlet; Hamilton River".
- ^ Libraries and Archives Canada. "John Davis, the Master Navigator". Accessed 10 May 2012.
Bibliography
- Hamilton, William Baillie (1996), Place Names of Atlantic Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9780802075703.
External links
- A map of Labrador showing Hamilton Inlet as 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
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