Pitsiulartok

Pitsiulartok
(Formerly "Fairway Island")
Geography
Location Hudson Bay
Country
Nunavut  Nunavut
Region Kivalliq
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Pitsiulartok or Pituilaktok (formerly: Fairway Island)[1], is a small, uninhabited island located at 63°15'N, 90°33'W[2] in Hudson Bay, about 13 km[3] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The narrow island is about 3.5 km in length and barely 1 km wide at its widest point. Traditionally it was a walrus-hunting ground for the local Inuit,[2] and a landmark for southern whalers.[4] It is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including Sakpik Island and Promise Island.

The name "Pituilaktok" comes from the Inuktitut name for a local bird known in English as the black guillemot (cepphus grylle), "pitiula".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Renaming the North". explorenorth.com. http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa092599.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  2. ^ a b COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Atlantic Walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus in Canada. Ottawa, ON. 
  3. ^ "Geographic features & Photographs around Chesterfield Inlet, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Canada/Nunavut/_5921048_Chesterfield+Inlet.html#themap. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  4. ^ Barr, William (2004). Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stallworthy,. University of Alberta. ISBN 0888644337. http://books.google.com/?id=4PlnI7eDFrgC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=%22Fairway+Island%22+%2BChesterfield. 
  5. ^ Arctic Institute of North America. [pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic22-1-72.pdf "Eskimo Bird Names at Chesterfield Inlet and Baker Lake, Keewatin, Northwest Territories"]. ucalgary.com. pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic22-1-72.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-15.