Editing Hamilton Inlet (section)

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{{Infobox body of water
|name = Hamilton Inlet
|image =File:Lake Melville-Hamilton Inlet-Groswater Bay.png
|caption = A map of the [[Lake Melville]]/Hamilton Inlet/[[Groswater Bay]] system, showing Hamilton Inlet as inclusive of L. Melville
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[[Image:HamiltonInlet 2006.PNG|thumb|250px|Hamilton Inlet from the ferry between Cartwright and Happy Valley <small>(2006)</small>]]
'''Hamilton Inlet''' is a [[fjord]]-like inlet of [[Groswater Bay]] on the [[Labrador]] coast of the [[Canadian province]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].  Together with [[Lake Melville]], it forms its province's largest [[estuary]], extending over {{convert|140|km|abbr=on}} inland to [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Happy Valley-Goose Bay]] and primarily draining the [[Churchill River (Atlantic)|Churchill River]] and [[Naskaupi River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]]s.  Lake Melville is generally considered a part of Hamilton Inlet and extends west of the deep, narrow passage at the community of [[Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Rigolet]].

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