Moffet Inlet

Moffet Inlet (Moffett Inlet, alternate name) (72°15′N 084°55′W / 72.25°N 84.917°W / 72.25; -84.917 (Moffet Inlet)Coordinates: 72°15′N 084°55′W / 72.25°N 84.917°W / 72.25; -84.917 (Moffet Inlet))^[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 65 mi (105 km) south/southeast of the inlet.^[2]

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

History

In 1937, the Anglican Church built a mission at Moffet Inlet; it closed in 1947.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Moffet Inlet". mapplanet.com. http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=CA&adm1=14&loc=1138956. Retrieved 2008-09-20. 
2. ^ "Moffet Inlet". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. bartleby.com. 2000. http://www.bartleby.com/69/64/M08764.html. 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. pp. 89. ISBN 080204817X. http://books.google.com/books?id=BQtyg5m1zQkC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=%22moffet+inlet%22+nunavut&source=web&ots=oe7I66raZr&sig=1_JabH3i82U1r5xfg8_HnPINoG8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result. 
4. ^ "Welcome to the Arctic Bay & Nanisivik, Nunavut Photo Album!". arcticcircle.ca. http://www.arcticcircle.ca/Baffin/Arctic/. Retrieved 2008-09-20.