Mistake Bay

Mistake Bay
Mistake Bay is located in Nunavut
Mistake Bay
Mistake Bay
LocationHudson Bay
Coordinates62°09′N 92°55′W / 62.150°N 92.917°W / 62.150; -92.917 (Mistake Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsTavani, Nunavut (ghost town)

Mistake Bay is a waterway in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in northwestern Hudson Bay by the old mining settlement and trading post of Tavani. Mistake Bay, to the south of Wilson Bay, has numerous islands and shoals.[2]

The Saint Francois Xavier mission was founded here in 1939 or 1940 by Father Dunleavy.[3]

References

  1. ^ "BMistake Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (January 2005). Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay Enroute. ProStar Publications. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-1-57785-661-0. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. ^ Laugrand, Frédéric (2002). Mourir et renaître: la réception du christianisme par les Inuit de l'Arctique de l'Est canadien (1890-1940) (in French). Presses Université Laval. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-2-7637-7823-5. Retrieved 28 December 2010.


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