Pioneer Bay

Pioneer Bay
Location	Wellington Channel
Coordinates	76°07′N 92°39′W / 76.11°N 92.65°W / 76.11; -92.65 (Pioneer Bay)Coordinates: 76°07′N 92°39′W / 76.11°N 92.65°W / 76.11; -92.65 (Pioneer Bay)
Basin countries	Canada

Settlements	Uninhabited

Pioneer Bay is a waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southwestern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Baring Bay to the south and Prince Alfred Bay to the north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.

History

In 1908, Frederick Cook, an American explorer and physician, explored in this region.^[1]

↑ Mills, William James (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 1-57607-422-6.

Bays of Nunavut

Kitikmeot Region	Albert Edward Austin Brentford Campbell Chester Committee Denmark Foggy Fredrikshald Gernon Grays Hadley Homan Labyrinth Lord Mayor McLoughlin Ogden Pelly Terror Bay Wellington Wynniatt

Kivalliq Region	Gods Mercy East Hudson Mistake Native Nevill Pistol South Wager Wilson

Qikiqtaaluk Region	Allman Aston Augusta Bay Baffin Baillarge Baring Bartlett Batty Bere Bernier Birmingham Boatswain Bowman Brae Buchanan Cameron Copes Cory Creswell Croker Cumberland Sound Dampier De la Beche Dobbin Dorchester Duke of York Dyke Acland Eden Eetookashoo Eldridge Elwin Eqe Evans Finnie Flagler Four Rivers Foxe Basin Frobisher Garnet Gibson Graham Moore Half Moon Hall Basin Harkin Hecla and Griper Herschel Hudson Irene James Kane Kew Lady Franklin M'Clure Macormick Maxwell May Inlet Murray Maxwell Nabukjuak Napier Norwegian Okse Ommanney Paquet Peary Piling Pioneer Prince Alfred Princess Marie Purcell Radstock Reid Resolute Rosse Rutherford Sabine Sawyer Scoresby Shamrock Sherard Skene Stuart Triton Ungava Weatherall Woodward

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.