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Belcher Islands, Nunavut/Canada In Hudson Bay, they were first sighted in 1610 and later named after the British Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (1799–1877), who in 1852 was appointed to lead an ultimately unsuccessful and unhappy attempt to find Sir John Franklin, who had disappeared while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1847.

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Belcher Islands

Belcher Islands c.1,110 sq mi (2,870 sq km), in E Hudson Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, off W Quebec. Flaherty Island is the largest of the tundra-covered group.

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	Use of and preference for traditional foods among the Belcher Island (NWT) Inuit. Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/1996
	Population trends of gulls and Arctic terns nesting in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut. Magazine article from: Arctic; 12/1/1999
	Observations of marine birds and mammals wintering at Polynyas and ice edges in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada. Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2000

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	Use of and preference for traditional foods among the Belcher Island (NWT) Inuit. Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...traditional foods, food preferences, Belcher Island Inuit, Sanikiluaq RESUME. Afin...alimentaires, Inuit de l'ile Belcher, Sanikiluaq Traduit pour la...traditional food species occur in the Belcher Islands of southeast Hudson Bay; yet...
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	Molecular genetic stock discrimination of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) hunted in Eastern Hudson Bay, northern Quebec, Hudson Strait, and Sanikiluaq (Belcher Islands), Canada, and comparisons to adjacent populations. Magazine article from: Arctic; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...arc, Sanikiluaq on the Belcher Islands, northwestern Quebec, Hudson...Eastern Hudson Bay, Belcher Islands, stock, molecular genetics...de labaie d' Hudson, iles Belcher, stock, genetique moleculaire...of its range off Ellesmere Island, West Greenland, and Spitsbergen...
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