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Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ; 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. The community is served by Kimmirut Airport and by annual supply sealift. A proposal in 2005 for a road to Iqaluit was shown to be impractical owing to roundabout routing over the mountains. As of the 2011 census the population was 455, an increase of 10.7% from the 2006 census.〔(2011 census )〕 ==Image gallery== Image:kimmirut-boat-launch.jpg|Boat launch in Kimmirut. The "heel" can be seen to the left. 2006 File:Hudson's Bay Company in Lake Harbour (now called Kimmirut), Baffin Island (1922).jpg|Hudson's Bay Company in Lake Harbour, 1922 Image:kimmirut-HBC.jpg|Hudson's Bay Company, 2006 Image:kimmirut-soper-house.jpg|The Soper House dates back to the 1930s. 2006. Image:kimmirut-2006.jpg|View of Kimmirut, 2006 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kimmirut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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