Eetookashoo Bay
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Eetookashoo Bay is a waterway
in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
, Canada
. It is located at the northern end of Axel Heiberg Island
between Cape Thomas Hubbard
and Cape Stallworthy
. The bay is named in honor of Eetookashoo (Itukassuk), one of the Inuit
who had traveled with Frederick Cook
and Donald Baxter MacMillan.
Waterway
A waterway is any navigable body of water. Waterways can include rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals. In order for a waterway to be navigable, it must meet several criteria:...
in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located at the northern end of Axel Heiberg Island
Axel Heiberg Island
Axel Heiberg Island is an island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, it has an area of ....
between Cape Thomas Hubbard
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Cape Thomas Hubbard is a headland located in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. Projecting into the Arctic Ocean, it is situated on the northern tip of Axel Heiberg Island, from Etah, Greenland.-History:...
and Cape Stallworthy
Cape Stallworthy
Cape Stallworthy is a peninsula in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the northern point of Axel Heiberg Island. Frederick Cook began his 1908 North Pole journey from the cape. The cape is sometimes confused with Cape Thomas Hubbard on the opposite side of Eetookashoo Bay...
. The bay is named in honor of Eetookashoo (Itukassuk), one of the Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
who had traveled with Frederick Cook
Frederick Cook
Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer and physician, noted for his claim of having reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908. This would have been a year before April 6, 1909, the date claimed by Robert Peary....
and Donald Baxter MacMillan.