Hadley Bay Explained

Hadley Bay
Location:Viscount Melville Sound
Coords:73.0172°N -110.2519°W
Rivers:Nanook River
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Countries:Canada
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Cities:Uninhabited

Hadley Bay [1] is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Viscount Melville Sound, by northern Victoria Island. It is east of Wynniatt Bay, and north of the community of Cambridge Bay. The northwest portion of the bay lies in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories.

Geography

The Nanook River flows north into Hadley Bay.[2] The bay has several unnamed islands within it.

History

Its recent history has included mining exploration.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hadley. Merriam-Webster. 12 November 2014.
  2. Book: Hodgins, Bruce W. . Gwyneth Hoyle. Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 1994. 253. 0-920474-93-4.
  3. News: Exploration and Mining in Nunavut (January - August 2002). INAC Nunavut Regional Office. Nunavut Rocks. ainc-inac.gc.ca. 2008-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060206184353/http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nu/nuv/wn03_e.html . 2006-02-06.