Wager Bay Explained

Wager Bay or Ukkusiksalik Bay is long narrow inlet in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada, which opens east into Roes Welcome Sound at the northwest end of Hudson Bay.^[1] Ukkusiksalik National Park surrounds it.

History

Wager Bay was first charted by Christopher Middleton during his Arctic explorations of 1742.^[2] He named it after Sir Charles Wager and was trapped in the bay for three weeks until the ice cleared in Roes Welcome Sound. In 1747, William Moor sent boat parties to the head of the bay.

Geography

The bay is a long inlet stretching through tundra; its shoreline measures in length.^[3] The elevation is above mean sea level. It drains an area of, through numerous small rivers, including the Brown River and Sila River. North Lake, South Lake, Brown Lake, and Ford Lake are nearby.^{[4] [5]}

References

Bibliography

• Book: Pelly, D. F.. 2016. Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story. Toronto. Dundurn. 9781459729896.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hayes, Derek . Canada: An Illustrated History . Douglas & McIntyre . 2008 . 55 . 978-1-55365-259-5 .
2. 10.2307/196418 . Geographical Discoveries in the Arctic Regions . 1871-04-09 . Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York . 3 . jstor.org . 216–221 . Hall, Charles Francis . Charles Francis Hall . 196418.
3. Book: Struzik, Edward . Mike Beedell. Northwest Passage: the quest for an Arctic route to the east . Key Porter Books . 1991 . Digitized Oct 4, 2008 . 53 . 1-55013-181-8 .
4. Web site: NHN Drainage Area 06OB000 – Western Hudson Bay – Wager Bay. Canadian Council on Geomatics. 1.0. 10 August 2014. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232915/http://wmsmir.cits.rncan.gc.ca/index.html/pub/geobase/official/nhn_rhn/pdf_en/06/nhn_rhn_06ob000_en.pdf. dead.
5. Book: Dredge. L.A. . McMartin. I. . 2005 . Postglacial marine deposits and marine limit determinations, inner Wager Bay area, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut . Geological Survey of Canada .