Saglaarjuk Explained

Saglaarjuk
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut#Canada
Native Name Link:Inuktitut
Location:Northern Canada
Coordinates:69.7817°N -83.7464°W
Archipelago:Arctic Archipelago
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Territory
Country Admin Divisions:Nunavut
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:Qikiqtaaluk
Population:Uninhabited

Saglaarjuk (Inuktitut syllabicsᓴᒡᓛᕐᔪᒃ[1]) formerly Amherst Island[2] is one of several uninhabited, irregularly shaped islands located on the south side of the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is west of Liddon Island, north of Grinnell Lake on the mainland's Melville Peninsula, and south of Baffin Island.

The island was, at one time, named for Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, a British Army officer who was command forces that captured Louisburg, Quebec and Montreal from the French and later became Governors General of Province of Quebec.

As part of the Arctic Archipelago, it was held by the British as part of the British Arctic Territories until 1880.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/OEBHB Saglaarjuk
  2. http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/0cf7cbb9849c20c3d737c44b4b1d7403 Saglaarjuk (formerly Amherst Island)