Minto Inlet
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Minto Inlet is located east of Amundsen Gulf
in western Victoria Island, at the southern end of Prince of Wales Strait
in the Northwest Territories
. It is 75 miles (120.7 km) long and 8 miles (12.9 km)-25 miles (40.2 km) wide.
The inlet is part of the historical territory of the Copper Inuit
. It continues to be notable for the Minto Inlet caribou herd calving grounds.
Amundsen Gulf
Amundsen Gulf is a gulf located in Canadian Northwest Territories, between Banks Island and Victoria Island and the mainland . It is approximately in length and about across where it meets the Beaufort Sea....
in western Victoria Island, at the southern end of Prince of Wales Strait
Prince of Wales Strait
The Prince of Wales Strait is a strait in the Northwest Territories of Canada separating Banks Island to the northwest from Victoria Island to the southeast. It extends from Viscount Melville Sound in the northeast to Amundsen Gulf in the southwest. From late winter it is filled by ice that usually...
in the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
. It is 75 miles (120.7 km) long and 8 miles (12.9 km)-25 miles (40.2 km) wide.
The inlet is part of the historical territory of the Copper Inuit
Copper Inuit
Copper Inuit are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region and the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region. Most historically lived in the area around Coronation Gulf, on Victoria Island, and southern Banks Island.Their western boundary was Wise Point,...
. It continues to be notable for the Minto Inlet caribou herd calving grounds.