Baillie Islands
Location in the Northwest Territories
The Baillie Islands (Inuvialuktun: Utkraluk)[1] are located off the north coast of Cape Bathurst in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The islands formed part of the area used by the Avvaqmiut who are a branch of the Inuvialuit (Mackenzie Inuit).[2]
A rare endemic plant known as hairy rockcress or hairy braya (Braya pilosa, genus Braya of family Brassicaceae) is known to grow in five locations on the Baillie Islands as well as the nearby Cape Bathurst. The plant is listed by the Northwest Territories Species at Risk Committee as threatened and by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada as endangered.[3][4]
- ^ Issenman, Betty. Sinews of Survival: The living legacy of Inuit clothing. UBC Press, 1997. pp252-254
- ^ "Archaeology of the Western Arctic Coast". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ Hairy Braya NWT Species Status Report
- ^ COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Hairy Braya Braya pilosa in Canada