Duke of York Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox body of water |name= Duke of York Bay |image= Grönlandwal 4-1999.jpg |caption = [[Bowhead whale]], Foxe Basin, 1999 |location= [[Foxe Basin]] |coords= {{coord|65|25|N|84|50|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAERE|Duke of York Bay|date=10 July 2024}}</ref>|display=inline, title|name=Duke of York Bay}} |rivers= Cleveland River |oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] |countries= Canada |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |length= |width= |area= |settlements= Uninhabited |references= }} '''Duke of York Bay''' is an arm of [[Foxe Basin]], in the [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]] of [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located in northeastern [[Southampton Island]]. The bay is directly south of the southern end of [[Qikiqtaaluk (Foxe Basin)|Qikiqtaaluk]] (formerly White Island), with [[Comer Strait]] at the western entrance and [[Falcon Strait]] at the eastern entrance.

==History== Sir [[Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1790)|William Edward Parry]] and his crew gave the bay its name on 17 August 1821 during his second voyage for the discovery of a [[Northwest Passage]] from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in honour of [[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany]], having first entered the bay the day before, 16 August 1821, the Duke's birthday.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/3/5/1/13512/13512.htm |title=Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 (of 2) |author=Parry, Sir William Edward |date=1844 |pages=Second Voyage, Chapter II |publisher=Project Gutenberg |access-date=2008-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915000415/http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/3/5/1/13512/13512.htm |archive-date=2011-09-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi01taylgoog |title=Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature |first=Isaac |last=Taylor |year=1898 |location=London |publisher=Rivingtons |pages=[https://archive.org/details/namesandtheirhi01taylgoog/page/n314 300] |oclc=4161840 |access-date=2008-04-04}}</ref>

In January 1996, Duke of York Bay was selected by delegates from across Nunavut as the site of the first [[bowhead whale]] hunt in Nunavut's waters. When the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board switched the location to [[Naujaat]] (then called Repulse Bay) the following month, the community of [[Coral Harbour]], south of Duke of York Bay, was angered with the decision. Some thought it was politically motivated, others said that elders felt the ice conditions and strong currents in the bay would make for a difficult beaching.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/back-issues/week/60322.html |title=Anger surfaces over decision to move bowhead whale hunt |first=Todd |last=Phillips |date=1996-03-22 |publisher=Nunatsiaq News |location=Iqaluit |access-date=2008-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040925113226/https://nunatsiaq.com/archives/back-issues/week/60322.html#2 |archive-date=25 September 2004}}</ref>

==Road to Aqiarungna== An all weather road running {{cvt|175|km}} from [[Coral Harbour]] currently under construction since 1999 will link the community and the Bay with the intention of allowing better access to the north end of the island. Construction is expected to complete in 2027.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/access-road-from-coral-harbour-nunavut-to-north-of-southampton-island-1.7615480|title=The road to Aqiarungna: why Coral Harbour, Nunavut residents are building a passage north |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

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[[Category:Bays of the Arctic Ocean]] [[Category:Bays of Foxe Basin]]