Montreal Island (Nunavut)
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Montreal Island is located in Chantrey Inlet
, Nunavut
, Canada
. The island has an area of 25 km² (9.7 sq mi) and a perimeter of 31 km² (12 sq mi).
Sir George Back
visited the island in 1824 during one of his expeditions to map the arctic coast. He left a cache of supplies on the island, which was found in 1829 on a later arctic expedition by Thomas Simpson
Chantrey Inlet
The Back River reaches the Arctic Ocean at Chantrey Inlet on the east side of Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. Montreal Island is contained within the Inlet, while King William Island shelters the Inlet. It is long and wide at its mouth...
, 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...
. The island has an area of 25 km² (9.7 sq mi) and a perimeter of 31 km² (12 sq mi).
Sir George Back
George Back
Admiral Sir George Back FRS was a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic , naturalist and artist.-Career:...
visited the island in 1824 during one of his expeditions to map the arctic coast. He left a cache of supplies on the island, which was found in 1829 on a later arctic expedition by Thomas Simpson
Thomas Simpson (explorer)
Thomas Simpson , Hudson's Bay Company agent and personal secretary for Hudson Bay governor Sir George Simpson, and arctic explorer.-Early life:...