Bays of the Northwest Territories - Franklin Bay, Darnley Bay, Hecla and Griper Bay, Mercy Bay, Walker Bay, Castel Bay, de Salis Bay (Paperback)

Chapters: Franklin Bay, Darnley Bay, Hecla and Griper Bay, Mercy Bay, Walker Bay, Castel Bay, de Salis Bay, Thesiger Bay, Wynniatt Bay, Deans Dundas Bay, Storkerson Bay, Mackenzie Bay, Canada, Burnett Bay, Jago Bay, Moore Bay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Franklin Bay ( ) is a large inlet in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is a southern arm of the Amundsen Gulf, southeastern Beaufort Sea. The bay measures 48 km (30 mi) long, and 40 km (25 mi) wide at its mouth. The Parry Peninsula is to the east, and its southern area is called Langton Bay. Franklin Bay receives the Horton River. There are gales in the early winter months. Franklin Bay is named in honor of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Based on hearsay rather than exploration, Emile Petitot, a French Missionary Oblate and a notable Canadian northwest cartographer, ethnologist, and geographer charted the Hornaday River's mouth at Franklin Bay, instead of Darnley Bay in his flawed 1875 maps and account. Langton Bay was the base of operations for the three year expedition, 1909 to 1912, of Arctic explorers Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Rudolph Anderson ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2185599