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The Nastapoka arc is a curved segment of the southeastern shore of Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada, that extends from the most northerly of the Hopewell Islands to Long Island near the junction with James Bay. It is a prominent, near-perfect circular arc, covering more than 160° of a 450-kilometre-diameter (280 mi) circle. [1]
Hudson Bay, [a] sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km 2 (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario , west of Quebec , northeast of Manitoba , and southeast of Nunavut , but politically entirely part of Nunavut. [ 5 ]
Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ IPA:; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet. It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company ...
The Seal River is a river in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada.It travels 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Shethanei Lake to the Hudson Bay. [3] The river was nominated for the Canadian Heritage Rivers System in 1987 and was officially listed in 1992. [2]
Many of Canada's major ore deposits are associated with greenstone belts. [15] The Sturgeon Lake Caldera in Kenora District, Ontario, is one of the world's best preserved mineralized Neoarchean caldera complexes, which is 2.7 Ga. [16] The Canadian Shield also contains the Mackenzie dike swarm, which is the largest dike swarm known on Earth. [17]
Wapusk National Park (/ w ə ˈ p ʌ s k /) [2] is Canada's 37th national park, established in 1996.The name comes from the Cree word for polar bear (wâpask). [3]Located on the shores of Hudson Bay in the Hudson Plains ecozone 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Churchill, its accessibility is limited due to its remote location and an effort to preserve the park.
The Severn River is a river in northern Ontario.The northern Ontario river has its headwaters near the western border of the province. From the head of the Black Birch River, the Severn River is 982 km (610 mi) long, tying it with the Albany River for the title of longest river entirely in Ontario.
Coats Island (Inuktitut: ᐊᑉᐸᑑᕐᔪᐊᖅ, Appatuurjuaq) [2] lies at the northern end of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut.At 5,498 km 2 (2,123 sq mi) in size, it is the 107th largest island in the world, and Canada's 24th largest island.