Lacs des Loups Marins is a lake in the north of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located about 150 km east of
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...
and about 20 km northeast of
Lac à l'Eau Claire
The Lac Wiyâshâkimî (the official name, in French, formerly Lac à l'Eau Claire, a calque of the lake's name, Wiyâšâkamî, in Northern East Cree, changed form of ''wâšâkamî'' or ''wâšekamî'' in more southerly Cree dialects), also ...
.
The name comes from its population of
harbour seals
The harbor (or harbour) seal (''Phoca vitulina''), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared s ...
(fr: loups marins or phoques). They belong to ''Phoca vitulina mellonae'', the only seal subtype in Canada that lives year-round in fresh water.
History
The lake was known as Lower Seal Lake then Seal Lake until 1967 when it was named Lacs des Loups Marins. It was named after the seals that live on the shores and in the lake. The
Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
called the lake ''Musiwaw Achikunipi'' (lake of seals in the tundra).
See also
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Nastapoka River
The Nastapoka River is a tributary of East coast of Hudson Bay, flowing in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. This river is one of the most important rivers of Nord-du-Québec, the 39th of Quebec because its watershe ...
, a watercourse
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List of lakes of Quebec
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Quebec, a province of Canada.
Larger lake statistics
This is a list of lakes of Quebec with an area larger than . :fr:Liste des lacs du Canada#Québec
List of Lakes
0–9
* Lake 3.1416
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References
External links
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fr:Lacs des Loups Marins
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Lakes of Nord-du-Québec