Groswater Bay#Legacy
{{About|the bay|the Proto-Inuit culture|Groswater Culture}}
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|image =File:Lake Melville-Hamilton Inlet-Groswater Bay.png
|caption = A map of the Lake Melville/Hamilton Inlet/Groswater Bay system, showing Hamilton Inlet as inclusive of L. Melville and Groswater Bay as "Eskimo Bay"
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|location = South central Labrador, at the entrance of Hamilton Inlet
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Groswater Bay (Inuttitut: Kangerliorsoak),[http://www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/11x17_figuresmaps_and_family_trees_for_insertion_into_2010_land_claim_document.pdf 1]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. also known by other names, is a bay in south central Labrador, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Groswater |title=Groswater Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador |work=Atlas of Canada |accessdate=19 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160500/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=Groswater |archivedate=2 October 2012 }} Its Hamilton Inlet and Melville Lake extensions stretch {{convert|140|km|abbr=on}} inland.
{{anchor|Name|Etymology|Toponymy}}
Names
Groswater Bay's name is a compound formed from French {{lang|fr|gros}} ("fat; thick; coarse, rough") and English water, reflecting the long history of using the area for fishing.{{sfnp|Hamilton|1996|loc=s.v. "Groswater Bay"}} It has also been known as Ivucktoke or Aviktok (Inuttitut: Aivitok); Eskimo or Esquimaux Bay ({{langx|fr|Baie des Esquimaux}}, "Bay of the Eskimos"); and St Louis Bay ({{langx|fr|Baie-St Louis}}). These names are also sometimes extended to Hamilton Inlet and even Lake Melville.[https://www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104223307/http://www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf |date=2018-01-04 }}.
Fauna
Many birds nest here, including common eiders.{{cite news|url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=LB013|title=South Groswater Bay Coastline Rigolet, Labrador LB013|work=IBA Site Listing|publisher=Important Bird Areas in Canada|accessdate=19 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063507/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=LB013|archivedate=12 June 2011}}
Legacy
The Groswater culture of Paleo-Eskimos is named after Groswater Bay.
References
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=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
- [https://www.maptrove.ca/pub/media/catalog/product/n/e/newfoundland-and-labrador-map.jpg A map of Labrador with Hamilton Inlet shown excluding L. Melville]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190819155104/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/021124.pdf "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