| North Henik Lake | |
| Location: | Kivalliq Region, Nunavut |
| Coords: | 61.7°N -137°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Area: | 245km2 |
| Cities: | uninhabited |
| South Henik Lake | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nunavut |
| Location: | Kivalliq Region, Nunavut |
| Coords: | 61.55°N -121°W |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Area: | 513km2 |
| Elevation: | 184m (604feet) |
| Cities: | uninhabited |
| Reference: | [1] |
Henik Lake is located in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. The lake is made up of two lakes, North Henik Lake and South Henik Lake with a narrows separating them. Of the two, North Henik Lake[2] is the smaller with an area of 245km2, while South Henik Lake[3] has an area of 513km2.
In 1949, a group of Inuit, the Ihalmiut, were relocated from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake but they later returned to Ennadai. In 1957, the Government of Canada relocated the Ihalmuit a second time but to Henik Lake, an area with few caribou and the group of 59 were soon starving. Among them were, Kikkik, who killed her half-brother in self-defence.[4]