Flaherty_Island

Flaherty Island

Flaherty Island

Island in Nunavut, Canada

Flaherty Island is the largest island of the Belcher Islands group in Hudson Bay in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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The Inuit community of Sanikiluaq is located on its north coast, and is the southernmost community in Nunavut.

The island is named in honour of visual anthropologist Robert J. Flaherty.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Flaherty Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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    "Flaherty Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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    "Flaherty Island". geonames.org. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. [5]
    Christopher, Robert J.; Flaherty, Frances Hubbard; Flaherty, Robert Joseph (2005). Robert and Frances Flaherty: a documentary life, 1883-1922. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 429. ISBN 0-7735-2876-8.
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