Nimigen Island

Nimigen Island

[[Inuktitut|Native name]]: Kemisuack
Geography
Location	Cumberland Sound
Coordinates	65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W / 65.12; -66.73 (Nimigen Island)Coordinates: 65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W / 65.12; -66.73 (Nimigen Island)
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Nimigen Island (previously: Kemisuack,^[1] Kemisoke, Kimersok, Kimisoke^[2]) is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in Cumberland Sound, approximately 10.5 km (6.5 mi) from Robert Peel Inlet^[3]

History

In the mid 19th century, the island supported a whaling industry.^[1][4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} De Bray, E.F.; Barr, Wm. (1992). A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 246. ISBN 0802028136. http://books.google.com/books?id=6N0oYtQDxS0C&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=Nimigen+Island&source=web&ots=8UGcWEo0eU&sig=kqQWkjh7K0FLR_BjJIE0pIB3LVk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result. 
2. ^ Ross, W.G.; Penny, M. & Penny, Wm. (1997). This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 235. ISBN 0773516743. http://books.google.com/books?id=-dF0xCrjMd4C&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=Nimigen+Island&source=web&ots=A38KpWUUOy&sig=GPE_d-6nu5VzkZGRcCBzedSSMw8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result. 
3. ^ "Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_6088322_Nimigen+Island.html#local_map. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
4. ^ Barron, William (1895). Old Whaling Days. W. Andrews. pp. 28. OCLC 11477637. http://books.google.com/books?id=dfpIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Kemisuack&source=web&ots=IbrP0RXBWn&sig=3Wwk1oJ_3jNYkWAxsLXgapGrfYY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result.