Groswater Bay (

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: ''Kangerliorsoak''), also known by

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, is a bay in south central

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. Its

Hamilton Inlet __NOTOC__ Hamilton Inlet is a fjord-like inlet of Groswater Bay on the Labrador coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Together with Lake Melville, it forms its province's largest estuary, extending over inland to Happy V ...

and Melville Lake extensions stretch inland.

Names

Groswater Bay's name is a

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formed from French ("fat; thick; course, rough") and English ''water'', reflecting the long history of using the area for fishing. It has also been known as Ivucktoke or Aviktok (

: ''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.

Fauna

Many birds nest here, including

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Legacy

The Groswater culture of

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s is named after Groswater Bay.

References

Citations

Bibliography

* {{citation , last=Hamilton , first=William Baillie , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC , title=Place Names of Atlantic Canada , location=Toronto , publisher=University of Toronto Press , date=1996 , isbn=9780802075703 .

External links

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 Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador