Promise Island (Nunavut)

Promise Island (Nannuyuma)

Geography
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates	63°22′N 90°32′W / 63.367°N 90.533°W / 63.367; -90.533 (Promise Island)Coordinates: 63°22′N 90°32′W / 63.367°N 90.533°W / 63.367; -90.533 (Promise Island)
Highest elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Country
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma; meaning: "polar bear")^[1]) is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay.^[2] It is barely a square kilometer in area,^[3] and rises 300 ft (91 m) in elevation on its northern side.^[4] It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi)^[5] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including the Wag Islands and Pitsiulartok (Fairway Island).

The island is home to a wide range of wildlife, including the arctic fox (alopex lagopus innuitus), the harbor seal (phoca hispida), the polar bear, the brown lemming (lemmus t. trimucronatus), the barren-ground caribou (rangifer arcticus), and the red phalarope.^[6][7]

"Natives, Promise Island" Photo c. 1920-25 by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.

References

1. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin". ucalgary.ca. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic23-1-49.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
2. ^ "Promise Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_6113645_Promise+Island.html#themap. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
3. ^ "63°22'N 90°32'W". http://maps.google.com/. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
4. ^ Geological Survey of Canada. Annual Report. google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=hKQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA80&dq=%22Promise+Island%22&client=firefox-a#PRA1-PA80,M1. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
5. ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Chesterfield Inlet, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5921048_Chesterfield+Inlet.html#themap. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
6. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin". ucalgary.ca. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic23-1-49.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
7. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. "Observations on the Breeding Behaviour of Phalaropes". ucalgary.ca. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic21-1-40.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-16.