Pelly Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Nunavut, Canada}} {{about|the body of water|the hamlet formerly known as Pelly Bay|Kugaaruk|other uses}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Pelly Bay | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nunavut | location= [[Gulf of Boothia]] | coords= {{Coord|68|53|N|90|05|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAMRM|Pelly Bay|date=23 May 2024}}</ref>|name=Pelly Bay|display=inline,title}} | rivers= | oceans= [[Arctic Ocean]] | countries= Canada | length= | width= | area= | cities= [[Kugaaruk]] }} '''Pelly Bay''' is an [[Arctic]] waterway in [[Kitikmeot Region]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is located in the [[Gulf of Boothia]]. To the east, it is bounded by the [[Simpson Peninsula]]. [[Helen Island]] lies in the bay.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/24547196|title=Pelly Bay|work=Mapcarta|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> Pelly Bay is named after Sir [[John Pelly]], governor of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], that managed the British territory of [[Rupert's Land]], that Pelly Bay was located within when it was named.<ref name=AnB-20190628> {{cite magazine |url= http://arcticjournal.ca/destination-focus/kugaaruk/ |title= Kugaaruk |date= 28 June 2019 |magazine= Above & Beyond }} </ref>

The settlement of [[Kugaaruk]] is located on the bay's eastern shore. Until 1999, Kugaaruk was also known as Pelly Bay.<ref>{{Cite cgndb|OAMRL|Pelly Bay (Previously Official)|date=23 May 2024}}</ref>

==Climate== Kugaaruk is the location of the lowest [[wind chill]] ever recorded in Canada, of −79<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hourly Data Report for January 13, 1975|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/hourly_data_e.html?hlyRange=1955-07-16%7C1992-05-31&dlyRange=1957-08-01%7C1992-05-31&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1992-12-01&StationID=1718&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2017&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=13&txtStationName=Pelly+Bay&timeframe=1&Year=1975|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413005521/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/hourly_data_e.html?hlyRange=1955-07-16%7C1992-05-31&dlyRange=1957-08-01%7C1992-05-31&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1992-12-01&StationID=1718&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2017&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=13&txtStationName=Pelly+Bay&timeframe=1&Year=1975|archive-date = 2024-04-13}}</ref>

On 16 February 2018, the Human Weather Observation System (HWOS), a type of [[Automated airport weather station|semi-automated weather observing system]], reported an unreviewed new minimum temperature for the month of February at {{convert|-51.9|C}} at 06:00 [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]].<ref>[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/hourly_data_e.html?hlyRange=2015-02-12%7C2018-02-18&dlyRange=%7C&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=53518&Prov=NU&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2018&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=2&Day=16&txtStationName=Kugaaruk&timeframe=1&Year=2018 Hourly Data Report for February 16, 2018]</ref> It beat the previous record of {{convert|-51.5|C}} that was set 28 January 1989.<ref name="ccn"/>

The area has a [[tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''ETf'') with short but cool summers and long cold winters.

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[[Category:Bays of the Kitikmeot Region]]