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Victoria Island
*Kitlineq*
Geography
Location	Northern Canada
Coordinates	71°N 110°W / 71°N 110°W
Archipelago	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area rank	8th
Administration
	Canada
Demographics
Population	1,875

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Victoria Island (or Kitlineq)^[2]^[3] is a large island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth largest island in the world, and at 217,291 km² (83,897 sq mi)¹ in area, it is Canada's second largest island. It is nearly double the size of Newfoundland (111,390 km² (43,008 sq mi)), and is slightly larger than the island of Great Britain (209,331 km² (80,823 sq mi)). It contains the world's largest island within an island within an island.^[4] The western third of the island belongs to the Inuvik Region in the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region.

History

In 1826 John Richardson saw the southwest coast and called it "Wollaston Land".^[5] In 1839 Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson followed its southeast coast and called it "Victoria Land".^[6] A map published by John Barrow in 1846 shows a complete blank from these two lands north to "Banks Land" which is the north coast of Banks Island.^[7] In 1851 John Rae charted its entire south coast and connected the two "lands".^[8] In 1850 and 1851 Robert McClure circumnavigated most of Banks Island, thereby separating it from the rest of Victoria Land. His men also charted the northwest and west coasts of Victoria Island.^[9] One of Roald Amundsen's men, Godfred Hansen, charted its east coast as far as Cape Nansen in 1905,^[10] and in 1916 and 1917 Storker T. Storkerson, of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, charted its northeast coast, discovering the Storkerson Peninsula.^[11]

Location and description

Viscount Melville Sound^map1 lies to the north, and the M'Clintock Channel^map2 and Victoria Strait^map3 lie eastward. On the west are Amundsen Gulf^map4 and Banks Island,^map5 which is separated from Victoria by a long sound called the Prince of Wales Strait.^map6 To the south (from west to east) lie the Dolphin and Union Strait,^map7 Austin Bay,^map8 Coronation Gulf^map9 and the Dease Strait.^map10

The southern waterways, and sometimes the Prince of Wales Strait, form part of the disputed Northwest Passage which the Government of Canada claims are Canadian Internal Waters, while other nations state they are either territorial waters or international waters. ^{[citation needed]}

Victoria Island is an island of peninsulas, having a heavily indented coastline with many inlets. In the east, pointing northwards, is the Storkerson Peninsula,^map11 which ends with the Goldsmith Channel,^map12 the body of water separating Victoria from Stefansson Island.^map13 The Storkerson Peninsula is separated from the island's north-central areas by Hadley Bay,^map14 a major inlet. Another, broad peninsula is found in the north, Prince Albert Peninsula.^map15 This ends at the Prince of Wales Strait. In the south, and pointing westwards, is the Wollaston Peninsula,^map16 separated from the island's central areas by Prince Albert Sound. The island as a whole coincidentally resembles a stylized maple leaf, the main Canadian symbol. ^{[citation needed]}

The highest point of Victoria Island is 655 m (2,149 ft) in the Shaler Mountains^map17 in the north-central region. Located in the southeast, just north of Cambridge Bay is Ferguson Lake^map18 with an area of 562 km² (217 sq mi) is the largest lake on the island.^[12]

The island is named after Queen Victoria, the Canadian sovereign from 1867 to 1901. The features bearing the name "Prince Albert" are named after her consort.

There is also a smaller Victoria Island in Nunavut, located in Amadjuak Lake on Baffin Island.^[13]

The Dolphin-Union Caribou herd locally known as Island Caribou^[14]^[15] are a migratory population of barren-ground caribou, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, that occupy Victoria Island in Canada's High Arctic and the nearby mainland. They are endemic to Canada. They migrate across the Dolphin and Union Strait from their summer grazing on Victoria Island to their winter grazing area on the Nunavut-NWT mainland in Canada.^[14]^[16] It is unusual for North American caribou to seasonally cross sea ice and the only other caribou to do so are the Peary caribou who are smaller in size and population.

Demographics

In the Canada 2006 Census the population of the island was 1,875; 1,477 in Nunavut and 398 in the Northwest Territories. Of the two settlements on the island the largest is Cambridge Bay,^map19 which lies on the south-east coast and is in Nunavut. Ulukhaktok^map20 is on the west coast and is in the Northwest Territories. Trading posts, such as Fort Collinson^map21 on the northwest coast, have long since been abandoned. ^{[citation needed]}

List of Places by Population

Name	Population
Cambridge Bay	1,766
Ulukhaktok	396

Notes

^1 The United Nations Environment Programme says that Victoria Island has an area of 220,548 km² (85,154 sq mi).^[17] However, the Atlas of Canada indicates the island is 217,291 km² (83,897 sq mi).^[1]

Maps

^map1 Viscount Melville Sound - 74°N 108°W / 74°N 108°W / 74; -108 (Viscount Melville Sound, NU)
^map2 M'Clintock Channel - 72°N 102°W / 72°N 102°W / 72; -102 (M'Clintock Channel, NU)
^map3 Victoria Strait - 69°N 101°W / 69°N 101°W / 69; -101 (Victoria Strait, NU)
^map4 Amundsen Gulf - 70°N 120°W / 70°N 120°W / 70; -120 (Amundsen Gulf, NT)
^map5 Banks Island - 73°N 121°W / 73°N 121°W / 73; -121 (Banks Island, NT)
^map6 Prince of Wales Strait - 72°20′N 119°00′W / 72.333°N 119.000°W / 72.333; -119.000 (Prince of Wales Strait, NT)
^map7 Dolphin and Union Strait - 69°08′N 116°00′W / 69.133°N 116.000°W / 69.133; -116.000 (Dolphin and Union Strait, NT/NU)
^map8 Austin Bay - 68°31′N 113°06′W / 68.517°N 113.100°W / 68.517; -113.100 (Austin Bay, NU)
^map9 Coronation Gulf - 68°N 112°W / 68°N 112°W / 68; -112 (Coronation Gulf, NU)
^map10 Dease Strait - 68°50′N 107°30′W / 68.833°N 107.500°W / 68.833; -107.500 (Dease Strait, NU)
^map11 Storkerson Peninsula - 72°30′N 106°30′W / 72.500°N 106.500°W / 72.500; -106.500 (Storkerson Peninsula, NU)
^map12 Goldsmith Channel - 73°13′N 106°12′W / 73.217°N 106.200°W / 73.217; -106.200 (Goldsmith Channel, NU)
^map13 Stefansson Island - 73°30′N 105°30′W / 73.500°N 105.500°W / 73.500; -105.500 (Stefansson Island, NU)
^map14 Hadley Bay - 72°31′N 108°12′W / 72.517°N 108.200°W / 72.517; -108.200 (Hadley Bay, NU)
^map15 Prince Albert Peninsula - 72°30′N 116°00′W / 72.500°N 116.000°W / 72.500; -116.000 (Prince Albert Peninsula, NT)
^map16 Wollaston Peninsula - 69°45′N 114°30′W / 69.750°N 114.500°W / 69.750; -114.500 (Wollaston Peninsula, NU)
^map17 Shaler Mountains - 72°18′N 109°44′W / 72.300°N 109.733°W / 72.300; -109.733 (Shaler Mountains, NU)
^map18 Ferguson Lake - 69°25′N 105°15′W / 69.417°N 105.250°W / 69.417; -105.250 (Ferguson Lake, NU)
^map19 Cambridge Bay - 69°07′N 105°03′W / 69.117°N 105.050°W / 69.117; -105.050 (Cambridge Bay, NU)
^map20 Ulukhaktok - 70°44′N 117°46′W / 70.733°N 117.767°W / 70.733; -117.767 (Ulukhaktok, NT)
^map21 Fort Collinson - 71°37′N 117°52′W / 71.617°N 117.867°W / 71.617; -117.867 (Fort Collinson, NT)

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References

^ ^a ^b "Atlas of Canada". Atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
^ "Society-COPPER-ESKIMO". ukc.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-11-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Swann, Brian (2005). Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems. Lincoln, NE: U of Nebraska Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-8032-9340-2.
^ Wolchover, Natalie (January 24, 2012). "World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth". LiveScience. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
^ Franklin, John (1828). Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin,... including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson. London: J. Murray.
^ Simpson, Thomas (1843). Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America: effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39. London: R. Bentley.
^ Derek Hayes,"Historical Atlas of the Arctic", map 136
^ McGoogan, Kenneth (2003). Fatal passage: the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers.
^ McClure, Robert (1856). Osborn, Sherard (ed.). The Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts.
^ Amundsen, Roald and Godfred Hansen (1908). Roald Amundsen’s "The North West Passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903-1907. London: A Constable and Co.
^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan.
^ Ferguson Lake at the Atlas of Canada
^ Victoria Island, Amadjuak Lake at the Atlas of Canada
^ ^a ^b GNWT, Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories 2012 (PDF), Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, ISBN 978-0-7708-0196-0, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015, retrieved 31 October 2014 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Peary Caribou Rangifer tarandus pearyi and Barren-ground Caribou Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus Dolphin and Union population in Canada" (PDF), COSEWIC, May 2004, ISBN 0-662-37375-8, retrieved 1 November 2014
^ Poole, Kim G.; Patterson, Brent R.; Dumond, Mathieu (December 2010), "Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future" (PDF), Arctic, 63 (4): 414–428, doi:10.14430/arctic3331, retrieved 31 October 2014
^ Victoria Island at the UNEP

External links

Map of Victoria Island at the Atlas of Canada
Victoria Island Expedition

[AOC-1] "Atlas of Canada". Atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

[2] "Society-COPPER-ESKIMO". ukc.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-11-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Swann, Brian (2005). Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems. Lincoln, NE: U of Nebraska Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-8032-9340-2.

[4] Wolchover, Natalie (January 24, 2012). "World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth". LiveScience. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[Franklin1828-5] Franklin, John (1828). Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin,... including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson. London: J. Murray.

[Simpson-6] Simpson, Thomas (1843). Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America: effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39. London: R. Bentley.

[7] Derek Hayes,"Historical Atlas of the Arctic", map 136

[McGoogan-8] McGoogan, Kenneth (2003). Fatal passage: the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers.

[9] McClure, Robert (1856). Osborn, Sherard (ed.). The Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts.

[Amundsen-10] Amundsen, Roald and Godfred Hansen (1908). Roald Amundsen’s "The North West Passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903-1907. London: A Constable and Co.

[Stefansson-11] Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. New York: Macmillan.

[12] Ferguson Lake at the Atlas of Canada

[13] Victoria Island, Amadjuak Lake at the Atlas of Canada

[NWT-14] GNWT, Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories 2012 (PDF), Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, ISBN 978-0-7708-0196-0, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015, retrieved 31 October 2014 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[COSEWIC-15] "COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Peary Caribou Rangifer tarandus pearyi and Barren-ground Caribou Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus Dolphin and Union population in Canada" (PDF), COSEWIC, May 2004, ISBN 0-662-37375-8, retrieved 1 November 2014

[AINA-16] Poole, Kim G.; Patterson, Brent R.; Dumond, Mathieu (December 2010), "Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future" (PDF), Arctic, 63 (4): 414–428, doi:10.14430/arctic3331, retrieved 31 October 2014

[17] Victoria Island at the UNEP

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-'''Victoria Island''' (or '''''Kitlineq''''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ethnoatlas/hmar/cult_dir/culture.7838|title=Society-COPPER-ESKIMO |publisher=ukc.ac.uk|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Swann|first=Brian |title=Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln, NE|year=2005|pages=133|isbn=0-8032-9340-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7D2zoR21JHIC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Kitlineq+Victoria+Island}}</ref> is a large island in the [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] that straddles the boundary between [[Nunavut]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] of [[Canada]]. It is the [[List of islands by area|eighth largest island in the world]], and at {{convert|217291|km2|abbr=on|0}}{{ref|1|1}} in area, it is [[List of Canadian islands by area|Canada's second largest island]].  It is nearly double the size of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] ({{convert|111390|km2|abbr=on|0}}), and is slightly larger than the island of [[Great Britain]] ({{convert|209331|km2|abbr=on|0}}).<!--This does not refer to the United Kingdom, just the one island--> It contains the world's largest island within an island within an island.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolchover|first=Natalie|title=World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth|url=http://www.livescience.com/33679-world-largest-island-lake-island-lake-island-google-earth.html|publisher=LiveScience|accessdate=September 15, 2013|date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> The western third of the island belongs to the [[Inuvik Region]] in the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot Region]].
+'''Victoria Island''' (or '''''Kitlineq''''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ethnoatlas/hmar/cult_dir/culture.7838|title=Society-COPPER-ESKIMO|publisher=ukc.ac.uk|accessdate=2008-11-01|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514030724/http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7838|archivedate=2008-05-14|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Swann|first=Brian |title=Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln, NE|year=2005|pages=133|isbn=0-8032-9340-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7D2zoR21JHIC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Kitlineq+Victoria+Island}}</ref> is a large island in the [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] that straddles the boundary between [[Nunavut]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] of [[Canada]]. It is the [[List of islands by area|eighth largest island in the world]], and at {{convert|217291|km2|abbr=on|0}}{{ref|1|1}} in area, it is [[List of Canadian islands by area|Canada's second largest island]].  It is nearly double the size of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] ({{convert|111390|km2|abbr=on|0}}), and is slightly larger than the island of [[Great Britain]] ({{convert|209331|km2|abbr=on|0}}).<!--This does not refer to the United Kingdom, just the one island--> It contains the world's largest island within an island within an island.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolchover|first=Natalie|title=World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth|url=http://www.livescience.com/33679-world-largest-island-lake-island-lake-island-google-earth.html|publisher=LiveScience|accessdate=September 15, 2013|date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> The western third of the island belongs to the [[Inuvik Region]] in the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's [[Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut|Kitikmeot Region]].
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-The [[Dolphin-Union Caribou]] herd locally known as '''Island Caribou'''<ref name="NWT">{{citation |url=http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/reports/species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf |format=PDF |title=Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2014|author=GNWT |publisher=Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |isbn=978-0-7708-0196-0 }}</ref><ref name="COSEWIC">{{citation |work=COSEWIC |title=COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Peary Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus pearyi'' and Barren-ground Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'' Dolphin and Union population in Canada |date=May 2004 |url=http://registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_peary_caribou_e.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=1 November 2014 |isbn=0-662-37375-8 }}</ref> are a migratory population of [[barren-ground caribou]], ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'', that occupy Victoria Island in Canada's [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago|High Arctic]] and the nearby mainland. They are endemic to Canada. They migrate across the [[Dolphin and Union Strait]] from their summer grazing on Victoria Island to their winter grazing area on the Nunavut-NWT mainland in Canada.<ref name="NWT" /><ref name="AINA">{{citation |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic63-4-414.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Arctic |volume=63 |number=4 |date=December 2010 |pages=414–428 |title=Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future |first1=Kim G. |last1=Poole |first2=Brent R. |last2=Patterson |first3=Mathieu |last3=Dumond |accessdate=31 October 2014 |doi=10.14430/arctic3331}}</ref> It is unusual for North American [[caribou]] to seasonally cross sea ice and the only other caribou to do so are the [[Peary caribou]] who are smaller in size and population.
+The [[Dolphin-Union Caribou]] herd locally known as '''Island Caribou'''<ref name="NWT">{{citation |url=http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/reports/species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf |format=PDF |title=Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2014 |author=GNWT |publisher=Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |isbn=978-0-7708-0196-0 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001254/http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/reports/species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df= }}</ref><ref name="COSEWIC">{{citation |work=COSEWIC |title=COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Peary Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus pearyi'' and Barren-ground Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'' Dolphin and Union population in Canada |date=May 2004 |url=http://registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_peary_caribou_e.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=1 November 2014 |isbn=0-662-37375-8 }}</ref> are a migratory population of [[barren-ground caribou]], ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'', that occupy Victoria Island in Canada's [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago|High Arctic]] and the nearby mainland. They are endemic to Canada. They migrate across the [[Dolphin and Union Strait]] from their summer grazing on Victoria Island to their winter grazing area on the Nunavut-NWT mainland in Canada.<ref name="NWT" /><ref name="AINA">{{citation |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic63-4-414.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Arctic |volume=63 |number=4 |date=December 2010 |pages=414–428 |title=Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future |first1=Kim G. |last1=Poole |first2=Brent R. |last2=Patterson |first3=Mathieu |last3=Dumond |accessdate=31 October 2014 |doi=10.14430/arctic3331}}</ref> It is unusual for North American [[caribou]] to seasonally cross sea ice and the only other caribou to do so are the [[Peary caribou]] who are smaller in size and population.
 ==Demographics==

v t e Islands of the Kitikmeot Region
	Beverly Bryde Clarence De la Roquette Dixon Finlayson Gibson Hay Hobday Hovgaard Keith King William Little Camping Matty Minto Montreal O'Reilly Prince of Wales Putulik Qikiqtagafaaluk Qikiqtaryuaq Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf) Royal Geographical Society Stefansson Sutton Tasmania Tennent Umingmalik Victoria Winter
Islands of Bathurst Inlet	Algaq Aupilaktuq Barry Chapman Galena Iqalulialuk Igluhugyuk Marcet North Quadyuk Patsy Klengenberg Qannuyak Qannuyak (Barry Islands) Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet) Quadyuk Shoe Stockport Triple Walrus Wignick
Islands of Coronation Gulf	Aiyohok Akvitlak Anchor Bate Berens Black Berry Blaze Cockburn Couper Deadman Doak Duke of York Edinburgh Haodlon Hatoayok Hepburn Hokagon Home Ivuniryuaq Jameson Kabviukvik Kigirktaryuk Kitaagunnaat Kingak Lawford Leo Mangak Miles Nakahungaqtuaryuit Nallukatarvik Nanortut Nanukton Nattiqtuut Nauyan Nichols Onitkok Outcast Porden Richardson Sesqui Seven Mile Sir Graham Moore Sisters Takhoalok Ungiiviit
Islands of the Gulf of Boothia	Astronomical Society Copeland Harrison Hecla and Fury Helen Lady Parry Martin Pouncet Somerset Susanna Wales
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Islands of the Kivalliq Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region

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