# Wager Bay

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Bay in Nunavut, Canada

Wager Bay Ukkusiksalik Bay Wager Bay Location Kivalliq, Nunavut Coordinates 65°26′N 88°40′W / 65.433°N 88.667°W / 65.433; -88.667 (Wager Bay)[1] Type Inlet Etymology Sir Charles Wager Part of Ukkusiksalik National Park Primary outflows Roes Welcome Sound Catchment area 28,551 km2 (11,024 sq mi) Basin countries Canada Shore length1 150 km (93 mi) Surface elevation 51 m (167 ft) Islands Savage Islands, Paliak Islands 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

**Wager Bay** or **Ukkusiksalik Bay** is long narrow inlet in the [Kivalliq Region](/source/Kivalliq_Region) of [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada, which opens east into [Roes Welcome Sound](/source/Roes_Welcome_Sound) at the northwest end of [Hudson Bay](/source/Hudson_Bay).[2] [Ukkusiksalik National Park](/source/Ukkusiksalik_National_Park) surrounds it.

## History

Wager Bay was first charted by [Christopher Middleton](/source/Christopher_Middleton_(navigator)) during his [Arctic explorations of 1742](/source/Northwest_Passage_expedition_of_1741).[3] He named it after Sir [Charles Wager](/source/Charles_Wager) and was trapped in the bay for three weeks until the ice cleared in [Roes Welcome Sound](/source/Roes_Welcome_Sound). In 1747, [William Moor](/source/William_Moor) sent boat parties to the head of the bay.

## Geography

The bay is a long inlet stretching through [tundra](/source/Tundra); its shoreline measures 150 km (93 mi) in length.[4] The elevation is 51 m (167 ft) [above mean sea level](/source/Height_above_mean_sea_level). It drains an area of 28,551 km2 (11,024 sq mi), through numerous small rivers, including the Brown River and Sila River. North Lake, South Lake, Brown Lake, and Ford Lake are nearby.[5][6]

## References

### Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Wager Bay"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OARMR). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hayes, Derek (2008). [*Canada: An Illustrated History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hrkq7t_4080C&q=%22Wager+Bay%22+river&pg=PA55). Douglas & McIntyre. p. 55. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-55365-259-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55365-259-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Hall, Charles Francis](/source/Charles_Francis_Hall) (9 April 1871). "Geographical Discoveries in the Arctic Regions". *Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York*. **3**. jstor.org: 216–221. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/196418](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F196418). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [196418](https://www.jstor.org/stable/196418).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Struzik_4-0)** Struzik, Edward; Mike Beedell (1991). [*Northwest Passage: the quest for an Arctic route to the east*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TwB_AAAAMAAJ&q=%22wager+bay%22) (Digitized Oct 4, 2008 ed.). Key Porter Books. p. 53. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55013-181-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55013-181-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["NHN Drainage Area 06OB000 – Western Hudson Bay – Wager Bay"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232915/http://wmsmir.cits.rncan.gc.ca/index.html/pub/geobase/official/nhn_rhn/pdf_en/06/nhn_rhn_06ob000_en.pdf) (PDF) (1.0 ed.). [Canadian Council on Geomatics](/source/Canadian_Council_on_Geomatics). Archived from [the original](http://wmsmir.cits.rncan.gc.ca/index.html/pub/geobase/official/nhn_rhn/pdf_en/06/nhn_rhn_06ob000_en.pdf) (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dredge_6-0)** Dredge, L.A.; McMartin, I. (2005). [*Postglacial marine deposits and marine limit determinations, inner Wager Bay area, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut*](http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/M44-2005-B3E.pdf) (PDF). Geological Survey of Canada.

### Bibliography

- Pelly, D. F. (2016). *Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story*. Toronto: Dundurn. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781459729896](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781459729896).

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