Nimigen Island
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| [[Inuktitut|Native name]]: Kemisuack | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cumberland Sound |
| Coordinates | 65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°WCoordinates: 65°07′N 66°44′W / 65.12°N 66.73°W |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Country | |
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Canada
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| 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
- ^ 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. p. 246. ISBN 0-8020-2813-6.
- ^ 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. p. 235. ISBN 0-7735-1674-3.
- ^ "Nimigen Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ Barron, William (1895). Old Whaling Days. W. Andrews. p. 28. OCLC 11477637.