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Randomly exploring google maps led me to Baker Lake…which led me to google, and google landed me here on this video. Thanks for making this! I learned about a new cool place today!
Haha! Also out of curiosity, I went to Google maps, and going to Canada, seeing these regions, I found this city on the map and searched on TH-cam to see what it's like, and I found this video!
@@AntonyOTK Haha awesome! I specialize in lesser-known and off-the-beaten-path travel destinations, so I guess it’s working! Thanks for checking out my channel! 😎
I always find myself coming back to this video. That abandoned house by the lake was built by my great-grandfather Armand Tagoona in Rankin Inlet and was later moved to Baker Lake. A few years back my family had cleared it out.
So true! Some of the most resilient people on planet Earth. Thanks for watching & exploring Nunavut with me. Check out my other Nunavut vlogs if you'd like to see more of the territory!
Over 40 years ago-😬- I was involved in an exchange trip through school and this is where we went. The host family I stayed with were wonderful but the memory that stays with me is them butchering a caribou they had hunted..in their kitchen...or living room. I don't remember much but I also remember being on a snowmobile in a vast plain of snow. I believe their last name was Anatajuak,and their daughter Nancy stayed with us in Ontario. What a beautiful place and people. Would love to go back. Thanks for posting this.❤
Very cool man. I stroll google maps all the time and I happened to come across Baker Lake. I always find cool spots from above and research. Great spot I would love to visit at some point in my life. Thanks for the post.
My home town where i grew up, the high school is named after my father's father. Also the only inland community and where the best fresh water of all communities. best place to get some fresh water is the bridge past the geographic center of Canada. Back in the day before the snow fence was built up and the bad blizzards came, the snow would be way up to the house's and they would have to walk for someone to shovel out the whole place and they would only be seeing the chimney's after the blizzard was over. This was nice to see! I loved it! hope to see you around although I don't know you.
Amazing! Your grandfather is Jonah Amitnaaq? Very cool. I really enjoyed my time in Baker Lake, exploring Nunavut's only inland community. Friendly people and amazing sights. Check out my other vlogs where I visit the Center of Canada with a local guide. I hope to meet you as well, if I ever make it back to Baker Lake! Quana/Ma'na for watching! 🙏
Alexis Utatnaq has a song about when our parents were younger and they would tobagan down having so much fun going bump bump bump but I can’t find it anywhere on TH-cam
My mom would tell me so many stories and one that always stood out was when she was young she would fish every day at lunch and she would feed her fathers (Jonah Ami’naaq) sled dog team with whatever meat she caught
In the late spring/early summer you will actually witness the ice moving onto the shoreline of Baker Lake, we call it Ivu (eevu). That happens because of the Thelon River pushing the ice and making more room to put the fresh water kind of thing. *Baker Lake * is actually a fresh water community around Nunavut
Wow! I had no idea! Did the children live elsewhere in dorms? The church seems like it would be too small to house students. How long has that church been sitting there abandoned? Thank you for sharing the history!!!
No, there would be no purpose. The only ice roads that exist are to the Nunavut mines, just north of Yellowknife. The cost would be prohibitively expensive to build such a road across such inhospitable terrain. These communities are largely insular, and any travel that is done outside of the community (even to far-off places like Yellowknife) is done by snowmobile.
Only for two months in the summer, under ideal conditions. All Nunavut communities are connected by the summer barge - it's the main form of transport. The only road connection that is likely to ever be built is a continuation of the rough road from Yellowknife to the Diavik Diamond Mine, and up to Kugluktuk, where there is a proposed port. I used to live in Kugluktuk. It would be about 300 km of road extension - worth it only if such a port would materialize. The other proposal is extending the railroad tracks north from Churchill, Manitoba to the town of Arviat, Nunavut (where I also used to live) - just a couple hundred of kilometers of rail line needed. Eventually, the plan would be a rail connection all the way to Rankin. However, these talks started in the 1980s, 1990s...so don't hold your breath. I doubt it will ever happen in either of our lifetimes, as the Canadian government continues to treat Nunavut as a pariah state to be overlooked at every turn.
19:32 all these broken windows are prob from the settling of the foundations and the subsiding of the buildings. No one’s in them because the foundations are all effed
There are no foundations in Baker Lake, though - all buildings are elevated above the ground on pylons. But the pylons may have shifted with changes in the permafrost 👍
You just missed what we call Hamlet days by practically a month sir! Come back this coming Hamlet days and enjoys community games and square dance sir!
Nice! Would love to visit for Hamlet days! I wish that Nunavut had more AirBNBs to compete with Inns North, so that I could visit more often! It would also be a good way for LOCALS to get some money in their pockets from visitors, rather than all the money for accommodation going to the local hotel to line their pockets. Would love to come back to Baker Lake someday soon!
Thank you for the compliment! I try to not make my videos about me or focused on me as some sort of internet celebrity, and only focus on the destination and my experiences therein. Just real & raw travel with no contrived over-the-top persona. Looks like I’ve succeeded in doing just that 👍
Back during Covid, any videos that mentioned the word were either demonetized or removed as "controversial subject matter". I wanted to talk about it without getting the strike, so censoring the word was my only option. Otherwise, the video would have either not appeared on YT, or at best I'd have made zero dollars from the content. It was a strange world back then...
It's a shame that there are not many Nunavummiut vloggers. It's quite a sad society, with rampant social issues - there are many stories that deserve to be shared.
@@DrifterDaveYes, a shame. There's some exploration happening in nearby Thelon Basin, and there are the gold mines north of Baker Lake. It would be interesting to see the related comings and goings in Baker Lake.
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Randomly exploring google maps led me to Baker Lake…which led me to google, and google landed me here on this video. Thanks for making this! I learned about a new cool place today!
Nice! I’m glad you enjoyed my niche content - I try to highlight mostly off-the-beaten-path and obscure treasures 😎 Thanks for watching 👍
The same 😂
Now time for the both of you to go explore it in person! Definitely worthwhile 👍
Haha! Also out of curiosity, I went to Google maps, and going to Canada, seeing these regions, I found this city on the map and searched on TH-cam to see what it's like, and I found this video!
@@AntonyOTK Haha awesome! I specialize in lesser-known and off-the-beaten-path travel destinations, so I guess it’s working! Thanks for checking out my channel! 😎
I always find myself coming back to this video. That abandoned house by the lake was built by my great-grandfather Armand Tagoona in Rankin Inlet and was later moved to Baker Lake. A few years back my family had cleared it out.
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing the history of the house. I really enjoyed my visit to Baker Lake!!
Lies. I built it
Thank you for allowing me to be a couch adventurer! Now I know what it looks like. Resiliant and adaptive people!
So true! Some of the most resilient people on planet Earth. Thanks for watching & exploring Nunavut with me. Check out my other Nunavut vlogs if you'd like to see more of the territory!
Thank you for another great tour Dave. Baker Lake Waterfront is worth a visit for sure. What a gorgeous place.🤩
I thought so too! Glad you enjoyed the tour 😎
Over 40 years ago-😬- I was involved in an exchange trip through school and this is where we went. The host family I stayed with were wonderful but the memory that stays with me is them butchering a caribou they had hunted..in their kitchen...or living room. I don't remember much but I also remember being on a snowmobile in a vast plain of snow. I believe their last name was Anatajuak,and their daughter Nancy stayed with us in Ontario. What a beautiful place and people. Would love to go back. Thanks for posting this.❤
That is awesome! Baker Lake is a special place. I'm glad I was able to bring back some memories for you!
wow definitely up on my watch list for the next time im having a nice dinner
Always a good reminder of the luxuries that we enjoy down south 🙏
Very cool man. I stroll google maps all the time and I happened to come across Baker Lake. I always find cool spots from above and research. Great spot I would love to visit at some point in my life. Thanks for the post.
No problem! Glad you enjoyed the tour of one of Nunavut's most beautiful towns.
Very nice video! I may be heading to Baker Lake soon … 👍
Bring your piggy bank! What's bringing you to Baker? Thanks so much for watching & for the kind words 😎
My home town where i grew up, the high school is named after my father's father. Also the only inland community and where the best fresh water of all communities. best place to get some fresh water is the bridge past the geographic center of Canada. Back in the day before the snow fence was built up and the bad blizzards came, the snow would be way up to the house's and they would have to walk for someone to shovel out the whole place and they would only be seeing the chimney's after the blizzard was over. This was nice to see! I loved it! hope to see you around although I don't know you.
Amazing! Your grandfather is Jonah Amitnaaq? Very cool. I really enjoyed my time in Baker Lake, exploring Nunavut's only inland community. Friendly people and amazing sights. Check out my other vlogs where I visit the Center of Canada with a local guide. I hope to meet you as well, if I ever make it back to Baker Lake! Quana/Ma'na for watching! 🙏
Alexis Utatnaq has a song about when our parents were younger and they would tobagan down having so much fun going bump bump bump but I can’t find it anywhere on TH-cam
@@DrifterDavehe’s my grandfather as well. Jonah’s wife was Hattie, she worked alongside Jesse Oonark
My mom would tell me so many stories and one that always stood out was when she was young she would fish every day at lunch and she would feed her fathers (Jonah Ami’naaq) sled dog team with whatever meat she caught
been here 3 years now, love baker lake
I'm glad! Beautiful little community with very friendly locals.
I am from egypt ..
Really someday i go there
Thank you for this vedio
I hope you get to visit someday!
@@DrifterDave in shaa ullah
In the late spring/early summer you will actually witness the ice moving onto the shoreline of Baker Lake, we call it Ivu (eevu). That happens because of the Thelon River pushing the ice and making more room to put the fresh water kind of thing. *Baker Lake * is actually a fresh water community around Nunavut
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing this local insight with the viewers!
That old church was actually a residential school in Baker Lake
Wow! I had no idea! Did the children live elsewhere in dorms? The church seems like it would be too small to house students. How long has that church been sitting there abandoned? Thank you for sharing the history!!!
My great grandmother has a painting of baker lake, she always told me the church was where they went to school, pretty cool.
I was born right in Baker Lake ❤ I’ve been gone for a long long time living down south in the cities I grew up in afterwards 💔
Wow! Do you have any memories of your time there?
Just found your channel and really enjoy your videos. I have a weird question. How are these remote towns powered?
They each have their own small power generating facilities 👍 Thanks for the kind words & for checking out my content! 🙏
I love my home town baker lake Nunavut
Great place! One of Nunavut's very best communities.
Im from Saudi Arabia,peace be upon you,i wish you a really nice day
I enjoyed my visit to Saudi Arabia this past April during Ramadan! Would love to go back again and see more 🇸🇦
Europeans arrive in the arctic and what culinary delights do we bring.... Ice cream, chips, pizza, and donuts.
The 21st century version of gunpowder, alcohol, and tobacco
There must be a winter ice road to Baker Lake?
No, there would be no purpose. The only ice roads that exist are to the Nunavut mines, just north of Yellowknife. The cost would be prohibitively expensive to build such a road across such inhospitable terrain. These communities are largely insular, and any travel that is done outside of the community (even to far-off places like Yellowknife) is done by snowmobile.
@@DrifterDave I've read that barges travel there from Rankin Inlet. I guess that's how all the heavy equipment gets to the town and up to the mines?
Only for two months in the summer, under ideal conditions. All Nunavut communities are connected by the summer barge - it's the main form of transport. The only road connection that is likely to ever be built is a continuation of the rough road from Yellowknife to the Diavik Diamond Mine, and up to Kugluktuk, where there is a proposed port. I used to live in Kugluktuk. It would be about 300 km of road extension - worth it only if such a port would materialize. The other proposal is extending the railroad tracks north from Churchill, Manitoba to the town of Arviat, Nunavut (where I also used to live) - just a couple hundred of kilometers of rail line needed. Eventually, the plan would be a rail connection all the way to Rankin. However, these talks started in the 1980s, 1990s...so don't hold your breath. I doubt it will ever happen in either of our lifetimes, as the Canadian government continues to treat Nunavut as a pariah state to be overlooked at every turn.
@@DrifterDave Interesting. Thanks. Appreciate the reply.
19:32 all these broken windows are prob from the settling of the foundations and the subsiding of the buildings. No one’s in them because the foundations are all effed
There are no foundations in Baker Lake, though - all buildings are elevated above the ground on pylons. But the pylons may have shifted with changes in the permafrost 👍
What month of the year did you visit there?
June 2022!
16 years ago in June the ice was gone but now from the climate change it’s showing
You just missed what we call Hamlet days by practically a month sir! Come back this coming Hamlet days and enjoys community games and square dance sir!
Nice! Would love to visit for Hamlet days! I wish that Nunavut had more AirBNBs to compete with Inns North, so that I could visit more often! It would also be a good way for LOCALS to get some money in their pockets from visitors, rather than all the money for accommodation going to the local hotel to line their pockets. Would love to come back to Baker Lake someday soon!
This is like a more down to earth version of bald and bankrupt
Thank you for the compliment! I try to not make my videos about me or focused on me as some sort of internet celebrity, and only focus on the destination and my experiences therein. Just real & raw travel with no contrived over-the-top persona. Looks like I’ve succeeded in doing just that 👍
Did you just bleep out covid? What the heck why
Back during Covid, any videos that mentioned the word were either demonetized or removed as "controversial subject matter". I wanted to talk about it without getting the strike, so censoring the word was my only option. Otherwise, the video would have either not appeared on YT, or at best I'd have made zero dollars from the content. It was a strange world back then...
My interest arose out of an interest in Nunavut mining. If a local wants to report on the comings and goings of Baker Lake, I'll subscribe.
It's a shame that there are not many Nunavummiut vloggers. It's quite a sad society, with rampant social issues - there are many stories that deserve to be shared.
@@DrifterDaveYes, a shame. There's some exploration happening in nearby Thelon Basin, and there are the gold mines north of Baker Lake. It would be interesting to see the related comings and goings in Baker Lake.