Baker Lake

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Baker Lake is a remote Inuit community in Nunavut, Canada, located near the geographic center of the country and known for its rich Indigenous culture and Arctic landscape.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baker Lake canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit community ⓘ
hamlet ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
climate long cold winters ⓘ
short cool summers ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity arts and crafts ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
wage employment in services ⓘ
elevation approximately 18 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody hamlet council ⓘ
hasAirport Baker Lake Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode 867 ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution local cultural centre ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Inuit storytelling ⓘ
drum dancing ⓘ
throat singing ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Inuit ⓘ
Inuit of the Kivalliq Region ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
hasSchool local K–12 school ⓘ
knownFor Arctic landscape ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
rich Inuit culture ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
traditional Inuit art ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Canadian Shield ⓘ
Northern Canada ⓘ
locatedNear geographic centre of Canada ⓘ
namedAfter Baker Lake (the lake) ⓘ
linked to: Baker Lake
nearbyResourceDevelopment mining projects in Kivalliq Region ⓘ
population approximately 2000 people ⓘ
postalCodePrefix X0C ⓘ
primaryAccess air transport ⓘ
region Kivalliq Region ⓘ
territory Nunavut ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportation seasonal winter roads ⓘ
waterBody Baker Lake (inland lake) ⓘ
linked to: Baker Lake
waterSystem Thelon River basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kivalliq Region → hasSettlement → Baker Lake ⓘ
Kivalliq → hasSettlement → Baker Lake ⓘ
Inuit art → hasImportantCommunity → Baker Lake ⓘ
First Air → servesCommunity → Baker Lake ⓘ