Spicer Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox islands | name = Spicer Islands | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Nunavut#Canada | native_name = | native_name_link = Inuktitut | nickname = | location = [[Northern Canada]] | coordinates = {{coord|68|25|N|78|50|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:1000000|display=inline,title|name=Spicer Islands}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territory]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Nunavut]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Regions of Nunavut|Region]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Qikiqtaaluk Region|Qikiqtaaluk]] | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | footnotes = Source: Spicer Islands at [[Atlas of Canada]] }} The '''Spicer Islands''' are an uninhabited island group located in [[Foxe Basin]], within [[Qikiqtaaluk Region]], in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian territory]] of [[Nunavut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/search/search_results?expression=islands |title=Spicer Islands, Nunavut |access-date=2008-08-04 |publisher=atlas.nrcan.gc.ca}}</ref> The [[Melville Peninsula]] is to the west, [[Prince Charles Island]] to the east, [[Rowley Island]] to the north. The two main islands are North Spicer Island and South Spicer Island. They are very low-lying and swampy.

Another set of (smaller) Spicer Islands lies off the south coast of [[Baffin Island]], in [[Hudson's Strait]], near [[Wharton Harbour]] and [[Chudliasi Bay]]. == History == In 1631, Captain [[Luke foxe]] was send from England to find a northern shortcut for trade lines with Asian countries. He discoverd the Spicer Islands and humorously named them. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.pl/books?id=aaVHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Spicer+Islands&article_id=3121,5032913&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7pOqauMKTAxXKRfEDHd7aI4sQ6wF6BAgMEAE#v=thumbnail&q=Spicer%20Islands&f=true |title=Meriden (Connecticut) Record |access-date=2026-04-10 |publisher=|publication-date=November 29, 1946}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=638519.62994713,2196316.6295089&zoom=7 Spicer Islands] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada * [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama?center=1102157.9496445,1764249.6168942&zoom=8 Spicer Islands (Hudson's Strait)] in the [[Atlas of Canada]] - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada

[[Category:Uninhabited islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]