Cape Hope Islands

Island group in Nunavut, Canada
52°24′N 78°48′W / 52.4°N 78.8°W / 52.4; -78.8 (Cape Hope Islands)ArchipelagoArctic ArchipelagoAdministration
Canada
NunavutNunavutRegionQikiqtaalukDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

The Cape Hope Islands are an uninhabited Canadian arctic islands group located within the midsection of James Bay in Nunavut, Canada. They are situated south of Vieux-Comptoir (Old Factory).[1]

History

The Inuit who lived on the Cape Hope Islands in the 1930s were transferred by the government to Great Whale River in 1960.[2] They now live in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, and there is no longer a permanent settlement on the Cape Hope Islands.

Notable people

  • Mini Aodla Freeman, publisher, author, producer, was born on the Cape Hope Islands.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cape Hope Islands". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ Morantz, Toby Elaine (2002). The white man's gonna getcha: the colonial challenge to the Crees in Quebec. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-7735-2299-9.
  3. ^ "Minnie Aodla Freeman". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region
 Belcher IslandsIslands of Cumberland SoundIslands of Davis StraitIslands of Foxe BasinIslands of Frobisher BayIslands of the Gulf of BoothiaIslands of Hudson BayIslands of Hudson StraitIslands of James Bay
Islands of the Labrador SeaQueen Elizabeth Islands
Ellesmere Island
Parry Islands
Sverdrup Islands
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region
See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Kivalliq Region.


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