- Minto Inlet
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Minto Inlet is located east of Amundsen Gulf in western Victoria Island, at the southern end of Prince of Wales Strait in the Northwest Territories. It is 75 miles (121 km) long and 8 miles (13 km)-25 miles (40 km) wide.[1]
The inlet is part of the historical territory of the Copper Inuit. It continues to be notable for the Minto Inlet caribou herd calving grounds.[2]
References
- ^ "Minto Inlet". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/69/53/M07953.html. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ Nishi, John; Buckland, L. (June, 1994). "An Aerial Survey of Caribou on Western Victoria Island". nwtwildlife.com. http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/FileReports/FileReports/128.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-24.[dead link]
Further reading
Coordinates: 71°15′0″N 117°0′0″W / 71.25°N 117°W
Hydrography of the Northwest Territories Rivers Arctic Red · Back · Coppermine · Fond du Lac · Great Bear · Hay · Horn · Hornaday · Kagloryuak · Keele · Kotaneelee · Liard · Mackenzie · North Nahanni · Petitot · Redstone · Roscoe · Slave · South Nahanni · Trout · Yellowknife · more...Lakes Artillery · Aylmer · Blackwater · Boyd · Buffalo · Clinton-Colden · Colville · Faber · Firedrake · Great Bear · Great Slave · Hottah · Howard · Kakisa · Kasba · Keller · Lac Belot · Lac de Gras · Lac des bois (Northwest Territories) · Lac La Martre · Lynx · MacKay · Mosquito · Napaktulik · Nonacho · Point · Selwyn · Snowbird · Tahiryuak · Tathlina · Trout · Tulemalu · Wholdaia · more...Coastal features Amundsen Gulf · Beaufort Sea · Dolphin and Union Strait · Fitzwilliam Strait · Hazen Strait · Kellett Strait · Liddon Gulf · M'Clure Strait · Minto Inlet · Murray Inlet · Prince of Wales Strait · Richard Collinson Inlet · Prince Albert Sound · Wilkins StraitCategories:- Inlets of the Northwest Territories
- Inlets of the Arctic Ocean
- Victoria Island (Canada)
- Northwest Territories geography stubs
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