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Kimmirut (Syllabics: ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.

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Settlement.official_name
Kimmirut
Settlement.native_name
ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ
Settlement.settlement_type
Hamlet
Settlement.image_skyline
Kimmirut.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Kimmirut, Nunavut
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Canada Nunavut#Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nunavut
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Qikiqtaaluk
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Electoral district
Settlement.subdivision_name3
South Baffin
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Maliktuk Lyta
Settlement.leader_title1
MLA
Settlement.leader_name1
David Joanasie

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Wikidata facts

Population
426
Area
2.27
Elevation
53
Official website
www.kimmirut.ca
Image
Kimmirut.jpg
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Commons category
Kimmirut
inception
1909-00-00
native label
ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ
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Kimmirut (Syllabics: ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.

It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police post. The Canadian explorer J. Dewey Soper used these posts as headquarters during his explorations in the 1920s and 1930s.

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