Resolute Bay

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title: "Resolute Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bays-of-the-qikiqtaaluk-region", "spaceports"] description: "Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada" topic_path: "general/bays-of-the-qikiqtaaluk-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox body of water"]

Field	Value
name	Resolute Bay
image	Resolute_sun.jpg
caption	Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay.
location	Parry Channel
coords
pushpin_map	Canada Nunavut
oceans	Arctic Ocean
countries	Canada
cities	Resolute
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::callout[type=note] the body of water ::

|name= Resolute Bay |image= Resolute_sun.jpg |caption = Looking west along the edge of Resolute Bay. |location= Parry Channel |coords= |rivers= |pushpin_map=Canada Nunavut |oceans= Arctic Ocean |countries= Canada |length= |width= |area= |cities= Resolute |references= Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel , it is located in Parry Channel on the southern side of Cornwallis Island. The hamlet of Resolute is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airport to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq and the population of the hamlet in the 2021 census was 183.

On the western shore, the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) and the Communications Research Centre Canada operated a launch site for sounding rockets. Between 1966 and 1971 rockets of the types Black Brant and Boosted Arcas were launched.

File:Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada.png|Orthographic projection centred over Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada. File:Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection.png|Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada - Lambert Projection. File:Resolute Bay 1 1997-08-02.jpg|Resolute Bay: View from Signal Hill to the Inuit-Settlement "Village" and to Resolute Passage (August 1997) File:Resolute Bay 2 1997-08-02.jpg|Another view over Resolute Bay to the Inuit Settlement "Village" (August 1997)

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/1_of_several_Ancient_Thule_Homes.jpg" caption="Resolute]] it was restored by archaeologists."] ::

References

Mapping

• Parry Channel,
• Cornwallis Island,
• Resolute,
• Resolute Bay Airport,
• DRTE/CRC launch site,

References

1. {{Cite cgndb. OANWY. Resolute Bay. (September 2, 2024)
2. "Resolute Bay Community History".
3. (January 2018). "The Linguasphere Online". langtag.com.
4. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut". [[Statistics Canada]].
5. "Friends of the CRC - Sounding Rockets". Friendsofcrc.ca.
6. "Encyclopedia Astronautica - Resolute Bay". Astronautix.com.
7. (February 20, 2005). "Canada Journal. February 20, 2005. by Håvard Svidal-Haugan". Global-edventure.net.

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