Distribution and Abundance of Muskoxen North of Great Bear Lake

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kelsall, John P., Hawley, Vernon D., Thomas, Donald C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Art; Biographies; History; Inuit; Starvation; Baker Lake region; Nunavut; Garry Lake region; Garry; Great Bear Lake; Arctic; Baker Lake; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66181

Heavy exploitation until about 1910-11, so drastically reduced muskoxen populations that they were thought to be extinct, or nearly so, north of Great Bear Lake. Following a few earlier sightings, they have been seen with increasing frequency since 1953. They now occupy, with one major exception, th...