Husky Lakes

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Name: Husky Lakes
Water system: Arctic ocean
Water type: Estuary
Progression: Beaufort sea -> Arctic ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subpolar
Continents: North America
Countries: Canada

The Husky Lakes are a system of brackish estuarine basins in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Formerly known as the Eskimo Lakes, they are called Imaryuk in Inuvialuktun, the language of the Inuvialuit, the original inhabitants of the area. The Husky Lakes form a chain of five basins draining toward the northeast and roughly coinciding with the Husky Lakes fault zone (formerly known as the Eskimo Lakes fault zone), which runs along a southwest–northeast axis through the region. The two lower basins are bracketed on either side by inundated tunnel valleys lying between (narrow peninsulas) of land. Today the area around the Husky Lakes remains culturally and economically important to the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik. In the spring, fishing for lake trout, lake whitefish, cod and pike is a major traditional source of food for the Inuvialuit.

Husky Lakes

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