Elwin Bay Explained

Elwin Bay
Location:Prince Regent Inlet
Coords:73.5333°N -145°W
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Countries:Canada
Cities:Uninhabited

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 north.[1]

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Point-to-point distance Elwin Bay – Port Leopold . 16 February 2021 . 29 July 2024.
  2. Book: Bellot. Joseph René . Joseph René Bellot . National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection. Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin . Jean Baptiste Julien Lemer . Hurst and Blacket . 1855 . 2 . 5, 6, 280, 287, 304, 327, 328, 334 .