Purchase Bay Explained

Purchase Bay
Location:Melville Island
Coords:75.5839°N -116.0028°W
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Countries:Canada
Pushpin Map:Canada Northwest Territories
Cities:Uninhabited

Purchase Bay is a fjord in the Arctic Archipelago, on the western side of Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is approximately long. It was named for the engineer of, Thomas Purchase, during the Belcher expedition[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories . 2014-04-21 . 2013-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927005107/http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/downloads/gazetteer1.pdf .