Nuvujen Island facts for kids
 Nuvujen Island
Location in Nunavut
Nuvujen Island
Location in Canada
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Cumberland Sound |
| Coordinates | 65°27′N 66°50′W / 65.450°N 66.833°W |
| Archipelago | Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Nunavut | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Nuvujen Island is a small island in Canada. It is part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, which is a group of many islands in the far north. This island is located off the coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut.
Nuvujen Island is found on the western side of Cumberland Sound. It sits between two inlets: Brown Inlet to the northwest and Robert Peel Inlet to the southeast. Another island, Aupaluktut Island, is located to its south. Today, no one lives on Nuvujen Island.
Island History
In the middle of the 1800s, Nuvujen Island was home to about 100 Inuit people. We know this from the diary of Mrs. Margaret Penny. She traveled with her husband, Captain William Penny, on a ship called the Lady Franklin. This ship was a whaler, meaning it hunted whales.
During that time, the island became an important base for whaling ships. However, the number of people living there changed over time. By 1883, the population of the Talirpingmiut Inuit group on the island had dropped to only 26 people.
