Elwin Bay

Bay in Nunavut, Canada

73°32′N 90°55′W / 73.533°N 90.917°W / 73.533; -90.917 (Elwin Bay)^[1]Ocean/sea sourcesArctic OceanBasin countriesCanadaSettlementsUninhabited

Elwin Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located Prince Regent Inlet by the northeastern shore of Somerset Island. The abandoned trading post of Port Leopold lies 40 km (25 mi) north.^[2]

History

In 1852, in search of Franklin's lost expedition, the French Arctic explorer Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot spent time in the bay and its surrounds.^[3]

It is filled with the skeletons and bones of several hundred beluga left by whalers. Many hunters died on whaling expeditions.

References

^ "Elwin Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 29 July 2024.
^ "Point-to-point distance Elwin Bay – Port Leopold". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Bellot, Joseph René (1855). Jean Baptiste Julien Lemer (ed.). Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin. Vol. 2. National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection. Hurst and Blacket. pp. 5, 6, 280, 287, 304, 327, 328, 334.