Changes in the Northern Limit of Spruce at Dubawnt Lake, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hansell, R.I.C., Chant, D.A., Weintraub, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Beaches; Diesel fuels; Environmental impacts; Fuel oils; Intertidal zones; Marine oil spills; Marine petroleum transportation; Oil spill cleanup; Sea ice; Resolute Bay; Nunavut; Resolute; Dubawnt Lake; Ennadai; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Northwest Territories; Yathkyed Lake; Arctic; Keewatin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66188

Larsen described the treeline west of Hudson Bay and particularly at Ennadi, Yathkyed and Dubawnt Lakes, as clumps of spruce, relict from a former more northerly distribution. . Evidence collected by us in 1966 on the Dubawnt River system on the Mackenzie-Keewatin border, indicates that the spruce t...