Grays Bay

Grays Bay
Grays Bay is located in Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada
Grays Bay is located in Nunavut
Grays Bay
Grays Bay
Grays Bay, Nunavut
LocationCoronation Gulf
Coordinates67°49′N 111°03′W / 67.817°N 111.050°W / 67.817; -111.050 (Grays Bay)[1]
River sourcesTree River, Annielik River
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Grays Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Coronation Gulf and Hepburn Island is located at its mouth. The Tree River and the Annielik River flow into the bay.[2]

It is the ancestral home of the Kogluktuaryumiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup.[3]

Grays Bay is on the Northwest Passage route.

  1. ^ "Grays Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1921). The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions. The Macmillan Co. pp. 747. Annielik.
  3. ^ Stefansson, V. (30 September 1914). "Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo". Geological Survey Museum Bulletin. 6: 14.