Deserters Island is an

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in the Deserters Group archipelago in the

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region of the

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. Mahpahkum Indian Reserve No. 4 is located on the northwest end of the island. The name refers to the crew of the HBC vessel ''Norman Morrison'' who deserted that vessel and were killed on these islands by natives sent out to find and capture them.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Deserters Island"
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Wishart Island Qaiqsuarjuk ( Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᖃᐃᖅᓱᐊᕐᔪᒃ'') formerly Wishart Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait, and a member of the ...

in this group, and the Wishart Peninsula on Broughton Island are named for James Wishart, one of the deserters. An A. Willoughby was another deserter, a group of rocks in the middle of the strait to the northeast of the Deserters Group bear his name.

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