Pitsiulartok facts for kids
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 Pitsiulartok
(Formerly "Fairway Island") Location in Nunavut
Pitsiulartok
(Formerly "Fairway Island") Location in Canada
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Hudson Bay |
| Coordinates | 63°15′N 090°33′W / 63.250°N 90.550°W |
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| Nunavut | Nunavut |
| Region | Kivalliq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Pitsiulartok or Pituilaktok (formerly: Fairway Island), is a small, uninhabited island located at 63°15'N, 90°33'W in Hudson Bay, about 13 km from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The narrow island is about 3.5 km in length and barely 1 km wide at its widest point. Traditionally it was a walrus-hunting ground for the local Inuit, and a landmark for southern whalers. It is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including Sakpik Island and Promise Island.
The name "Pituilaktok" comes from the Inuktitut name for a local bird known in English as the black guillemot (cepphus grylle), "pitiula".
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Fairway Island, early 1920s. Subject unidentified. Photo by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.
