Ennadai | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location |
Coordinates: | 61.1333°N -153°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Nunavut |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Kivalliq |
Ennadai is a formerly populated place in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located on a peninsula that juts into northeastern Ennadai Lake it faces an unnamed island. It is northwest of Churchill, Manitoba and west of Arviat.[1] Ennadai and the surrounding area has been the traditional home of the Ahiarmiut (Ihalmiut), a Caribou Inuit band.
The Ennadai Lake Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System, a former weather station at this locale, consisted of four buildings. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals operated a base, Ennadai Lake Radio Station, (VEJ) at Ennadai from the summer of 1949 until 18 September 1954 when it was turned over to the Department of Transportation.[2] An INCO Exploration Camp existed at Ennadai at about the same time.
Ennadai has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc).