“…Several char studies have been conducted in northern Ellesmere Island in Quttinirpaaq National Park and at Alert (a military, meteorological and scientific research station) where there are many charcontaining lake and river systems, Lake Hazen being the most wellknown (Babaluk et al, 1997;Babaluk et al, 2007a;Babaluk et al, 2007b;Babaluk et al, 2009;Gantner et al, 2010b;Guiguer et al, 2002;Sinnatamby et al, 2012). Most char are landlocked, although Heintzelman Lake (13.5 km 2 ; maximum depth 15 m), with a close connection to the sea, has anadromous and resident char van der Velden et al, 2012).…”