Resolute Bay

This article is about the body of water. For the community, see Resolute, Nunavut.

Resolute Bay
Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay.
Resolute Bay is located in Nunavut
Resolute Bay
Resolute Bay
LocationParry Channel
Coordinates74°41′N 094°50′W / 74.683°N 94.833°W / 74.683; -94.833 (Resolute Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsResolute

Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel HMS Resolute,[2] it is located in Parry Channelmap on the southern side of Cornwallis Island.map The hamlet of Resolutemap is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airportmap to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq[3] and the population of the hamlet in the 2021 census was 183.[4]

On the western shore, the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) and the Communications Research Centre Canada[5] operated a launch site for sounding rockets.map Between 1966 and 1971 rockets of the types Black Brant and Boosted Arcas were launched.[6][7]

  • Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.
    Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.
  • Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.
    Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.
  • Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997)
    Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997)
  • Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)
    Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)
A small hut built some 600 years ago by the Thule people, ancestors of the Inuit, near the hamlet of Resolute it was restored by archaeologists.
  1. ^ "Resolute Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. September 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Resolute Bay Community History". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  3. ^ "The Linguasphere Online" (PDF). langtag.com. Retrieved March 31, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "Friends of the CRC - Sounding Rockets". Friendsofcrc.ca. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "Encyclopedia Astronautica - Resolute Bay". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  7. ^ "Canada Journal. February 20, 2005. by Håvard Svidal-Haugan". Global-edventure.net. February 20, 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2013.