Nimigen Island
Native name: Kemisuack | |
|---|---|
  Location within Nunavut  Location within Canada | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cumberland Sound |
| Coordinates | 65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W |
| Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Nunavut | |
| Qikiqtaaluk | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Nimigen Island (previously: Kemisuack, Kemisoke, Kimersok, Kimisoke) is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in Cumberland Sound, approximately 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east of Robert Peel Inlet To its east is Utsusivik Island; south is Chidliak Bay.
History
In the mid 19th century, the island supported a whaling industry.
References
- 1 2 de Bray, Émile Frédéric; Barr, William (1992). A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-8020-2813-6.
- ↑ Ross, William Gillies; Penny, Margaret; Penny, William (1997). This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 235. ISBN 0-7735-1674-3.
- ↑ "Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ↑ Barron, William (1895). Old Whaling Days. W. Andrews. p. 28. OCLC 11477637.
External links
- Nimigen Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada