Elwin Bay is an

Arctic The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, N ...

waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located

Prince Regent Inlet Prince Regent Inlet () is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada between the west end of Baffin Island (Brodeur Peninsula) and Somerset Island on the west. It opens north into Lancaster Sound and to the south merges into the Gulf of Boothia. The Arc ...

by the northeastern shore of Somerset Island.

Port Leopold The locality Port Leopold is an abandoned trading post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It faces Prince Regent Inlet at the northeast tip of Somerset Island. Elwin Bay is to the south, while Prince Leopold Island is to the north. ...

is nearby.

History

In 1852, in search of the lost

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expedition, the French

explorer Lieutenant

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spent time in the bay and its surrounds. It is filled with the skeletons and bones of several hundred

beluga The beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/) (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus. It is also known as the wh ...

left by whalers. Many hunters died on whaling expeditions.

References

Bays of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub