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MacAlpine Lake

lake in Nunavut, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ997751 ↗
Source-derived summary

MacAlpine Lake is a lake in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

Location

The lake is situated in a tundra landscape in northern Canada, 140 km (87 mi) south of the Arctic Ocean. The town of Baker Lake is located almost 400 km (250 mi) south-east of the lake. The water area is 421 km2 (163 sq mi), and with islands the total area is 447 km2 (173 sq mi).

The Perry River drains the lake northwards to the Queen Maud Gulf.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “MacAlpine Lake” as lake in Nunavut, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around MacAlpine, Lake and lake.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 81-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with MacAlpine, Lake and lake providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “MacAlpine Lake”, the useful work is to connect “lake in Nunavut, Canada” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q997751.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “MacAlpine Lake”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow MacAlpine Lake primary sources, MacAlpine Lake archive and MacAlpine research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “MacAlpine Lake”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “MacAlpine Lake” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.