Kendall Island Explained
Kendall Island is one of the irregularly shaped, uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in Mackenzie Bay[1] at the northern tip of the Mackenzie River Delta. Richards Island is to the southwest of Kendall Island.[2] Kugmallit Bay is bounded by Garry, Pelly Island and Kendall Islands.[3] The northeast portion of the island is high.[4]
It is situated within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and is notable for the Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, an important waterfowl and shorebird breeding and staging ground.[5] It was named by John Franklin after the English hydrographer Edward Nicholas Kendall.[6] The Canadian ornithologist J. Dewey Soper visited the island less than a year before his retirement.[7]
Notes and References
- Bredin. T.F.. "Whale Island" and the Mackenzie Delta: Charted Errors and Unmapped Discoveries 1789 to 1850. Arctic. 1962. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary. 15. 1. 58. 10.14430/arctic3557.
- Web site: 69.49,-135.288(Kendall Island). September 17, 2010.
- Book: Berkes, Fikret . Arctic Institute of North America. Breaking ice: renewable resource and ocean management in the Canadian north. 1. 2005. University of Calgary Press. 1-55238-159-5. 99.
- Book: Great Britain Admiralty, Edwin J. De Haven, United States Navy Dept, Hudson's Bay Company. Arctic expedition: Further correspondence and proceedings connected with the Arctic expedition. 1852. G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. 35.
- News: Kendall Island Sanctuary, Other Critical Bird Habitat Threatened by Mackenzie Gas Project. January 17, 2006. Nature Canada. September 17, 2010.
- Book: Franklin. Sir John . Richardson. Sir John . Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar seas, in the years 1825,1826, and 1827. name kendall.. 1828. Carey, Lea and Carey. 49.
- Book: Burnett, James Alexander . A Passion for Wildlife: The History of the Canadian Wildlife Service. registration. kendall Island.. 2003. UBC Press. 0-7748-0961-2. 20.
