Aberdeen Lake

Where is Aberdeen Lake?

Countries on its shores: Canada.

Middle of the lake: 64.45° N, 99.00° W

The story behind it

Aberdeen Lake is almost 90 km long from west to east. In the middle, a peninsula – a piece of land that reaches far out into the water – almost cuts it into two halves. The lake is one of three lakes on the Thelon River: the river first widens into Beverly Lake, then into Aberdeen Lake and then into Schultz Lake. After that it flows on to Baker Lake and finally reaches Hudson Bay. The land around is wide, open and wild. More than 2 000 muskoxen graze near the Thelon, and every spring and autumn about 300 000 caribou cross the river on their long journeys. West of the lake lies the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected area for animals that was created in 1927. Inuit have lived in these lands for a very long time, and in summer a few canoeists paddle through this quiet country.

Find it on the globe

Aberdeen Lake is there as a small blue dot with its name, right on the water. From far away the planet is only a blue ball; detail arrives as you zoom in, and this one appears once you are close enough. Open it on the globe.

It sits at its real coordinates, not near them — the same numbers listed in the facts above. Switch off the layer for this kind of place and it disappears again; the buttons for that are down the right-hand edge.