Lake Beechey
| Lake Beechey | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Back River | | |
| Primary outflows | Back River | |
| Basin countries | Canada | |
| Settlements | uninhabited | |
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
- ISBN 1-896219-79-9.
- ISBN 1-4179-9090-2.
- ^ "Frederick William Beechey". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- OCLC 4161840.
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