Macormick Bay Explained

Macormick Bay
Location:Wellington Channel
Coords:75.367°N -92.417°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Countries:Canada
Cities:Uninhabited

Macormick Bay (alternate: McCormick Bay)[1] is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southwestern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Baring Bay to the north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.

It is named in honor of Dr. Robert McCormick, a British Royal Navy surgeon, explorer and naturalist who searched nearby for the missing Sir John Franklin expedition.[2]

Geography

Macormick Bay's cliffs are characterized by Silurian limestone.[3]

Snowblind Bay on Cornwallis Island, to the west, has similar red strata beds.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macormick bay. tageo.com. 2009-06-10.
  2. 1854. Forlorn Hope. Fraser's Magazine. Longmans, Green, and Co.. 49. Digitized Nov 21, 2007. 633.
  3. Web site: Agricultural and industrial progress in Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway Company. 1941. Digitized Oct 19, 2007. Dept. of Immigration and Colonization of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 140. 2009-06-10.
  4. Book: Geological Survey of Canada. Memoir . 1963. 320. 125. Canada, Geological Survey of.