Pelly Bay is an

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waterway in

Kitikmeot Region Kitikmeot Region (; Inuktitut: ''Qitirmiut'' ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together wi ...

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' ...

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. It is located in the

Gulf of Boothia The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada. Administratively it is divided between the Kitikmeot Region on the west and the Qikiqtaaluk Region on the east. It merges north into Prince Regent Inlet, the two forming a single bay w ...

. To the east, it is bounded by the

Simpson Peninsula The Simpson Peninsula is a peninsula in the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Nunavut territory. It is surrounded by waterways on three sides: Pelly Bay to the west, the Gulf of Boothia to the north, and Committee Bay to the east. Kugaaruk, a Netsilik ...

Helen Island Helen Island is an uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Kitikmeot Region's side of the Gulf of Boothia. It is situated west of the mainland's Simpson Peninsula, between Pelly Bay Pelly Bay is an Arctic waterway in Kitik ...

lies in the bay. Pelly Bay is named after Sir John Pelly, governor of the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business di ...

, that managed the British colony of Rupert's Land, that Pelly Bay was located within when it was named. The settlement of

Kugaaruk Kugaaruk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ''Kuugaarjuk'' or ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ ''Kuugaarruk''; English: "little stream") (also called ''Arviligjuaq'', meaning "the great bowhead whale habitat"), formerly known as Pelly Bay until 3 December 19 ...

is located on the bay's eastern shore. Until 1999, Kugaaruk was also known as Pelly Bay.

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Bays of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-geo-stub