# Port Leopold > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Port_Leopold > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Port_Leopold.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Leopold > Source revision: 1334333770 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Abandoned trading post in Nunavut, Canada Port Leopold, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada. The locality **Port Leopold** is an abandoned [trading post](/source/Trading_post) in the [Qikiqtaaluk Region](/source/Qikiqtaaluk_Region) of [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It faces [Prince Regent Inlet](/source/Prince_Regent_Inlet) at the northeast tip of [Somerset Island](/source/Somerset_Island_(Nunavut)). [Elwin Bay](/source/Elwin_Bay)[map](#endnote_map_1) is to the south, while [Prince Leopold Island](/source/Prince_Leopold_Island)[map](#endnote_map_2) is to the north. ## History In 1848, the English explorer [James Clark Ross](/source/James_Clark_Ross) wintered here during his search for the missing [Franklin](/source/John_Franklin) expedition.[1] Later, it became the site of a [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company) [trading post](/source/Trading_post).[2] ## Mapping ^Elwin Bay, 73°32′N 90°55′W / 73.533°N 90.917°W / 73.533; -90.917 (Elwin Bay (Port Leopold))[3] ^Prince Leopold Island, 74°02′N 90°05′W / 74.033°N 90.083°W / 74.033; -90.083 (Prince Leopold Island (Port Leopold))[4] **Map all coordinates using** [OpenStreetMap](https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Port_Leopold) **Download coordinates as:** - [KML](https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=Port_Leopold) - [GPX (all coordinates)](https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?project=en.wikipedia.org&coprimary=all&titles=Port_Leopold) - [GPX (primary coordinates)](https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?project=en.wikipedia.org&coprimary=primary&titles=Port_Leopold) - [GPX (secondary coordinates)](https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?project=en.wikipedia.org&coprimary=secondary&titles=Port_Leopold) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bolduc_1-0)** Bolduc, P.-A.; J.D. Taylor; F.G. Barber (September 1986). ["Sea Level at Port Leopold, N.W.T., in 1848"](http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-3-264.pdf) (PDF). *Arctic*. **39** (3): 1. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.14430/arctic2084](https://doi.org/10.14430%2Farctic2084). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Chesshyre_2-0)** Pelly, David F. (August 2013). ["Dundas Harbour: Keeping Watch over the Northwest Passage"](http://arcticjournal.ca/featured/dundas-harbour-keeping-watch-over-the-northwest-passage/). Above & Beyond. Retrieved 2020-06-01. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Elwin Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAFDO). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Prince Leopold Island"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OANEH). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). [73°51′N 90°20′W / 73.850°N 90.333°W / 73.850; -90.333 (Port Leopold)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Port_Leopold¶ms=73_51_N_90_20_W_region:CA-NU_type:landmark&title=Port+Leopold)[1] v t e Subdivisions of Nunavut Regions Kitikmeot (Unorganized) Kivalliq (Unorganized) Qikiqtaaluk (Unorganized) Electoral districts Federal Nunavut Territorial Aggu Aivilik Amittuq Arviat North-Whale Cove Arviat South Baker Lake Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven Hudson Bay Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk Kugluktuk Netsilik Pangnirtung Quttiktuq Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South South Baffin Tununiq Uqqummiut Communities Arctic Bay Arviat Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coral Harbour Gjoa Haven Grise Fiord Igloolik Iqaluit Apex Kimmirut Kinngait Kugaaruk Kugluktuk Naujaat Pangnirtung Pond Inlet Qikiqtarjuaq Rankin Inlet Resolute Sanikiluaq Sanirajak Taloyoak Whale Cove Weather stations and Canadian Armed Forces bases Alert CFS Alert Ennadai Eureka Isachsen Nanisivik Naval Facility Mine sites Operating Baffinland Iron Mine Doris North Meadowbank Gold Mine Defunct Bent Horn Mine Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine Jericho Diamond Mine Lupin Mine Nanisivik Mine Polaris mine Rankin Inlet Mine DEW line and NWS sites Bernard Harbour Bray Island Brevoort Island Broughton Island Byron Bay Cambridge Bay Cape Dyer Cape Hooper Cape Mcloughlin Cape Mercy Cape Peel West Cape Young Clifton Point Clinton Point Croker River Dewar Lakes Durban Island Edinburgh Island Ekalugad Gjoa Haven Gladman Point Harding River Hat Island Kangok Fjord Keats Point Keith Bay Kivitoo Lady Franklin Point Lailor River Loks Land Longstaff Bluff Mackar Inlet Matheson Point Nudluardjuk Lake Pelly Bay Qikiqtaryuaq Resolution Island Ross Point Rowley Island Sanirajak Scarpa Lake Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Sturt Point Former Amadjuak Brooman Point Village Craig Harbour Dundas Harbour Iglunga Killiniq Nanisivik Native Point Nuwata Padlei Port Leopold Tavani Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Amadjuak Apex Arctic Bay Baker Lake Bathurst Inlet Bay Chimo Belcher Islands Blacklead Island Cambridge Bay Cape Dorset Charlton Island Depot Chesterfield Inlet Clyde River Coats Island Dundas Harbour Eskimo Point Fort Hearne Fort Ross Frobisher Bay Gjoa Haven Igloolik Kent Peninsula King William Island Kugaryuak Lake Harbour Mansel Island Nueltin House Padley Pangnirtung Pangnirtung Fox Farm Perry River Ponds Inlet Port Burwell Port Leopold Repulse Bay Southampton Island Tavane Tree River Wager Inlet This Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AQikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub) This Canadian ghost town-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canada-ghost-town-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ACanada-ghost-town-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Canada-ghost-town-stub) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Port Leopold"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAJRX). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Port Leopold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Leopold) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Leopold?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.