Baker Lake

Baker Lake is a large, shallow lake on the Barren Grounds west of Hudson Bay. The Thelon River feeds it, and the Kazan River carries its water toward Hudson Bay. For centuries its shores were used by Inuit families who followed caribou herds across the tundra and fished the lake and its streams. Travel was seasonal: skin boats crossed open water in summer, while sledges moved over the frozen surface in winter. Short summers, long winters and almost no trees meant that people gathered at good fishing points and caribou crossings for brief periods rather than settling in one place.