Baffin Region, Northwest Territories

The Baffin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories

Regions of the Northwest Territories

The regions of the Northwest Territories divide the Northwest Territories into two census divisions by Statistics Canada and five administrative regions by the government of the Northwest Territories.-Census divisions with their regional seats:...

, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of 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...

in 1999. The large majority of Baffin Region fell on the Nunavut side of the boundary and was reconstituted within the new territory as the Qikiqtaaluk Region (also referred to as Baffin Region in some contexts). Several of the islands on the region's west side that remained in the NWT, including Eglinton Island

Eglinton Island

Eglinton Island an uninhabited island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures in size...

, Prince Patrick Island

Prince Patrick Island

A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The area of the island is , making it the 55th largest island in the world and Canada's 14th largest island...

and parts of Melville Island, were transferred to Inuvik Region

Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories

The Inuvik Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories. The region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Inuvik...

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