Moffet Inlet

Moffet Inlet (Moffett Inlet, alternate name) (72°15′N 084°55′W)[1] is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies on the eastern side of Admiralty Inlet on Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula. The Inuit hamlet of Arctic Bay is located 105 km (65 miles) south/southeast of the inlet.[2]

Bowhead whale, narwhal, and walrus frequent the area.[3]

History

The inlet was named after Flavien Moffet, and Ottawa newspaper owner who joined his friend, captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, on an Arctic expedition. In 1937, the Anglican Church built a mission at Moffet Inlet; it closed in 1947.[4]

References
  1. "Moffet Inlet". mapplanet.com. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. "Moffet Inlet". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2005-03-22. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  3. Harington, C.R.; Naughton, D. (2003). Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Vertebrates of Northern North America: With Radiocarbon Dates. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-8020-4817-X.
  4. "Welcome to the Arctic Bay & Nanisivik, Nunavut Photo Album!". arcticcircle.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2008-09-20.


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