Promise Island

Promise Island (Nannuyuma)

Geography
Location	Hudson Bay
Coordinates	63°21′30″N 90°32′00″W / 63.35833°N 90.53333°WCoordinates: 63°21′30″N 90°32′00″W / 63.35833°N 90.53333°W
Highest elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Administration
Canada
Nunavut	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Promise Island (Inuktitut: Nannuyuma; meaning: "polar bear")^[1] is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay.^[2] It is barely a square kilometer in area and rises 300 ft (91 m) in elevation on its northern side.^[3] It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi)^[4] from the community of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is part of a loose chain of small islands running along the coast, including the Wag Islands and Pitsiulartok (Fairway Island).

The island is home to a wide range of wildlife, including the Arctic fox (alopex lagopus innuitus), the harbor seal (phoca hispida), the polar bear, the brown lemming (lemmus t. trimucronatus), the barren-ground caribou (rangifer arcticus), and the red phalarope.^[5][6]

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  "Natives, Promise Island" Photo c. 1920-25 by Hudson's Bay Company employee Capt. George Cleveland of the motor schooner Fort Chesterfield.

References

1. Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
2. "Promise Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
3. Geological Survey of Canada. Annual Report. google.com. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
4. "Geographic features & Photographs around Chesterfield Inlet, in Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
5. Arctic Institute of North America. "Field Notes on Mammals of the Chesterfield Inlet District of Keewatin" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
6. Arctic Institute of North America. "Observations on the Breeding Behaviour of Phalaropes" (PDF). ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2008-04-16.