Lowther Island
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| Lowther Island | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Canada |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Area | 145 km² (56 sq mi)
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| Administration | |
 Canada |
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| Territory |  Nunavut |
| Qikiqtaaluk Region | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lowther Island lies within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-channel islands in the western sector of Barrow Strait.[1] Bathurst Island and Cornwallis Island are to the north, while Prince of Wales Island is to the south.[2] The island is clustered within a group of uninhabited islands. It is 15.5 miles northeast of Young Island, separated by the Kettle Passage, a shipping route, and 13 miles southeast of Garrett Island, separated by Hayes Channel.
Lowther Island is 17 mi (27 km) long, 2—6 mi (3—10 km) wide,[3] and 145 km². It is rimmed by raised beaches, the highest being at 106.5 m. above sea level. Gourdeau Point is on the island's south side, and Lowther Shoal is to the south/southeast.[4]
[edit] History
The island is named after a relative of Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (who visited Lowther Island himself), that worked for the Hudson Bay Company.[5]
In August 1852, ÉMile-Frédéric de Bray, searching for Sir John Franklin, spent a week at Lowther Island and close-by Griffith Island.[6] The island was also visited by Francis Leopold McClintock as part of Capt. Henry Kellett's 1852 to 1854 expedition.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Bourne, Charles B. (1963). "Canadian Yearbook of International Law". Vancouver: Publication Centre, University of British Columbia. OCLC 2442067.
- ^ Pharand, Donat; Legault, L.H. (1984). The Northwest Passage: Arctic Straits. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 7. ISBN 9024729793.
- ^ Lowther Island. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America (2000). Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ Crawford, G.; Padman (L.). Physical Oceanographic Observations from the Resolute 1995 Ice Camp, Barrow Strait (pdf) 39-40. Oregon State University. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
- ^ Birkenhead, Frederick E. (1977). Contemporary Personalities. Ayer Publishing, 229. ISBN 0836900618.
- ^ Bray, E. F. d., & Barr, W. (1992). A Frenchman in search of Franklin: de Bray's Arctic journal, 1852-1854. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 48-50. ISBN 0802028136.
- ^ Mowat, Farley (1973). Ordeal by ice; the search for the Northwest Passage (The Fate of Franklin), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 288. OCLC 1391959.
[edit] Further reading
- Dyke, A.S. (1993): Glacial and sea level history of Lowther and Griffith Islands, Northwest Territories: A hint of tectonics. Géographie physique et Quaternaire 47(2):133-45
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