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66-722: The name Cape Davis , after John E. Davis, Second Master of the HMS Terror , was given to a cape in the immediate area by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841. Since no significant cape exists here, the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) have reapplied the name "Davis" to this ice piedmont. Download coordinates as: The Davis Ice Piedmont extends into

132-468: A Hudson's Bay Company outpost 970 km (600 mi) to the southwest. Subsequent expeditions up until the late 1980s, including autopsies of crew members, revealed that their canned rations may have been tainted by both lead and botulism . Oral reports by local Inuit that some of the crew members resorted to cannibalism are supported by evidence of cut marks and pot polish on the skeletal remains of crew members found on King William Island during

198-708: A holding company that was, until April 1, 2014, jointly owned by the Inuvialuit of the Northwest Territories and the Inuit of Nunavut. In the second half of 2018 travellers visited Nunavut 134,000 times and spent $ 436 million. Two-thirds of those visits were by Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut) travelling within the territory. The remaining came from outside other provinces or territories in Canada, or from abroad and spent $ 219 million. Travellers from Ontario make up

264-684: A "collection assembles the first animated films to be made by Inuit artists at the NFB. Featured is work by Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alariaq, Mathew Joanasie, and Itee Pootoogook Pilaloosie—all participants in the Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) Film Animation Workshop on Baffin Island." In November 2006, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation announced

330-453: A bomb ship meant she had an unusually strong framework to resist the recoil of her heavy mortars; thus it was presumed she could withstand the pressure of polar sea ice , as well. In 1836, command of Terror was given to Captain George Back for an Arctic expedition to Hudson Bay . The expedition aimed to enter Repulse Bay , where it would send out landing parties to ascertain whether

396-756: A conditional agreement seven months later. The land claims agreement was completed in September 1992 and ratified by nearly 85% of the voters in Nunavut in a referendum . On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Canadian Parliament . The transition to establish Nunavut Territory was completed on April 1, 1999. In 2020, Nunavut imposed strict travel regulations in order to prevent an outbreak of

462-499: A population density of 0.022/km (0.056/sq mi). Nunavut is also home to the world's northernmost continuously inhabited place, Alert . Eureka , a weather station on Ellesmere Island, has the lowest average annual temperature of any Canadian weather station. The region which is now mainland Nunavut was first populated approximately 4,500 years ago by the Pre-Dorset , a diverse Paleo-Eskimo culture that migrated eastward from

528-477: A population of 36,858 from the 2021 Census . In 2021, 30,865 people identified as Inuit (84.3% of the total population), 180 as First Nations (0.5%), 120 as Métis (0.3%), 230 with multiple or other Indigenous responses (0.6%), and 5,210 as non-Indigenous (14.2%). The population growth rate of Nunavut has been well above the Canadian average for several decades, mostly due to birth rates significantly higher than

594-434: A wreck close to Terror ' s description had been located on the southern coast of King William Island in the middle of Terror Bay ( 68°54′N 98°56′W  /  68.900°N 98.933°W  / 68.900; -98.933  ( Terror Bay ) ), at a depth of 69–79 ft (21–24 m). The remains of the ships are designated a National Historic Site of Canada with the exact location withheld to preserve

660-569: Is an open pit gold mine with an estimated mine life 2010–2020 and employs 680 people. The second mine in production is the Mary River Iron Ore mine operated by Baffinland Iron Mines. It is located close to Pond Inlet on North Baffin Island. They produce a high grade direct ship iron ore. The most recent mine to open is Doris North or the Hope Bay Mine operated near Hope Bay Aerodrome by TMAC Resource Ltd. This new high grade gold mine

726-664: Is based in Nunavut. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) serves Nunavut through a radio and television production centre in Iqaluit, and a bureau in Rankin Inlet. Iqaluit is served by private commercial radio stations CKIQ-FM and CKGC-FM , both owned by Northern Lights Entertainment Inc. (CKIQ-FM had a rebroadcaster in Rankin Inlet that was discontinued in 2009.) Nunavut is served by two regional weekly newspapers, Nunatsiaq News published by Nortext, and Nunavut News/North , published by Northern News Services , who also publish

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792-551: Is not connected to the rest of North America via the Pan-American Highway . Nunavut is the least densely populated major country sub-division in the world (not considering Antarctica), being even less densely populated than Denmark's Greenland . With a population of 36,858 as of the 2021 Canadian census (up from 35,944 in 2016) consisting mostly of Inuit, and a land mass almost as large as Mexico , Nunavut's land area of 1,836,993.78 km (709,267.26 sq mi) has

858-474: Is the first in a series of potential mines in gold occurrences all along the Hope Bay greenstone belt . Nunavut's people rely primarily on diesel fuel to run generators and heat homes, with fossil fuel shipments from southern Canada by plane or boat because there are few to no roads or rail links to the region. There is a government effort to use more renewable energy sources, which is generally supported by

924-666: The Antarctic of 1839 to 1843, and Sir John Franklin 's ill-fated attempt to force the Northwest Passage in 1845, during which she was lost with all hands along with HMS  Erebus . On 12 September 2016, the Arctic Research Foundation announced that the wreck of Terror had been found in Nunavut 's Terror Bay , off the southwest coast of King William Island . The wreck was discovered 92 km (57 mi) south of

990-583: The Battle of Bladensburg , and the Burning of Washington . Under the command of John Sheridan , she took part in the bombardment of Stonington, Connecticut , on 9–12 August 1814. She also fought in the Battle of Baltimore in September 1814 and participated in the bombardment of Fort McHenry ; the latter attack inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that eventually became known as " The Star-Spangled Banner ". In January 1815, still under Sheridan's command, Terror

1056-666: The Bering Strait region. The Pre-Dorset culture was succeeded by the Dorset culture about 2,800 years ago. Anthropologists and historians believe that the Dorset culture developed from the Pre-Dorset somehow. Helluland , which Norse explorers described visiting in their Sagas of Icelanders , has been associated with Nunavut's Baffin Island . Claims of contact between the Dorset and Norse are controversial. The Thule people , ancestors of

1122-516: The Boothia Peninsula was an island or a peninsula. Terror was trapped by ice near Southampton Island , and did not reach Repulse Bay. At one point, the ice forced her 12 m (39 ft) up the face of a cliff. She was trapped in the ice for ten months. In the spring of 1837, an encounter with an iceberg further damaged the ship. She nearly sank on her return journey across the Atlantic, and

1188-644: The COVID-19 pandemic. The government barred entry to almost all non-residents. On November 6, 2020, Nunavut confirmed its first case in Sanikiluaq , having previously been the only place in North America to have had no cases of COVID-19. Nunavut covers 1,836,993.78 km (709,267.26 sq mi) of land and 160,930 km (62,137 sq mi) of water in Northern Canada. The territory includes part of

1254-635: The Government of Canada for the relocation of Inuit to the High Arctic . Discussions on dividing the Northwest Territories along ethnic lines began in the 1950s, and legislation to achieve this was introduced in 1963. After its failure, a federal commission recommended against such a measure. During the 1970s, activism increased among the Inuit, First Nations , and Innu peoples for recognition of their forced assimilation . In 1976, as part of

1320-582: The Inuit language ( Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun ), known as Inuktut , English, and French. In his 2000 commissioned report ( Aajiiqatigiingniq Language of Instruction Research Paper ) to the Nunavut Department of Education, Ian Martin of York University said that a "long-term threat to Inuit languages from English is found everywhere, and current school language policies and practices on language are contributing to that threat" if Nunavut schools follow

1386-724: The Nunavut Arctic College , as well as several Arctic research stations located within the territory. The new Canadian High Arctic Research Station CHARS is planning for Cambridge Bay and high north Alert Bay Station. Iqaluit hosts the annual Nunavut Mining Symposium every April, a tradeshow that showcases the many economic activities ongoing in Nunavut. Baffinland is the territory's largest private sector employer with more than 2,600 workers and accounted for 23 per cent of Nunavut's economic activity in 2019. There are currently three major mines in operation in Nunavut. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd – Meadowbank Division. Meadowbank Gold Mine

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1452-779: The Ross Sea twice, and sailing through the Weddell Sea southeast of the Falkland Islands . The dormant volcano Mount Terror on Ross Island was named after the ship by the expedition commander. Before leaving on the Franklin expedition , both Erebus and Terror underwent heavy modifications for the journey. They were both outfitted with steam engines, consisting of former London and Greenwich Railway steam locomotives . Rated at 25  hp (19 kW), each could propel its ship at 4  kn (7.4 km/h). The pair of ships were among

1518-693: The Royal Navy in 1813. She participated in several battles of the War of 1812 , including the Battle of Baltimore with the bombardment of Fort McHenry (as mentioned in The Star-Spangled Banner : "And the Rockets' red glare, the Bombs bursting in air"). She was converted into a polar exploration ship two decades later, and participated in George Back 's Arctic expedition of 1836–1837, the successful Ross expedition to

1584-549: The 2011 Census. The percentage of population which is non-religious has grown from 13% in 2011 to 24.9% in 2021 Census. About 1.6% of the population reported another religious affiliation including Aboriginal spirituality, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and others. The economy of Nunavut is driven by the Inuit and Territorial Government, mining, oil, gas, and mineral exploration, arts, crafts, hunting, fishing, whaling, tourism, transportation, housing development, military, research, and education. Currently, one college operates in Nunavut,

1650-458: The Arctic to the nearest Hudson's Bay Company trading post. The location of the wreckage, and evidence in the wreckage of anchor usage, indicates continued use, raising the possibility that some of the sailors had attempted to re-man the ship and sail her home (or elsewhere), possibly on orders from Crozier. On 23 October 2017 it was announced by British Defence Minister Sir Michael Fallon that

1716-604: The British government would be giving Terror and Erebus to Canada, retaining only a few relics and any gold, along with the right to repatriate any human remains. In 2018, Terror and Erebus were gifted to Canada and the Inuit , in care of the Inuit Heritage Trust, by the government of the United Kingdom. This includes all the remaining artifacts. Although the exact location has not been released, Nancy Anilniliak,

1782-401: The Canadian average—a trend that continues. Between 2011 and 2016, Nunavut had the highest population growth rate of any Canadian province or territory, at a rate of 12.7%. The second-highest was Alberta, with a growth rate of 11.6%. Between 2016 and 2021, the population growth increased by 2.5% (the third lowest), a decrease of 10.2 percentiles from the previous census. Official languages are

1848-589: The Erebus who became internationally famous as a botanist. 70°37′S 166°04′E  /  70.617°S 166.067°E  / -70.617; 166.067 . The northern of two small, rocky islands lying just off the northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont. Named by ANARE after M.V. Nella Dan , one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area. 70°37′S 166°05′E  /  70.617°S 166.083°E  / -70.617; 166.083 . The southern of two small, rocky islands lying just off

1914-1171: The Field Unit Superintendent of the Nunavut Field Unit, has restricted access to an approximately 10 km × 5 km (6.2 mi × 3.1 mi) rectangular area in Terror Bay. The area runs from Point E ( 68°54′25.45″N 98°59′42.07″W  /  68.9070694°N 98.9950194°W  / 68.9070694; -98.9950194  ( point E ) ) to Point F ( 68°54′25.24″N 98°51′29.08″W  /  68.9070111°N 98.8580778°W  / 68.9070111; -98.8580778  ( point F ) ) to Point G ( 68°48′46.23″N 98°51′31.25″W  /  68.8128417°N 98.8586806°W  / 68.8128417; -98.8586806  ( point G ) ) to Point H ( 68°48′46.44″N 98°59′42.15″W  /  68.8129000°N 98.9950417°W  / 68.8129000; -98.9950417  ( point H ) ). In August 2019, taking advantage of "exceptionally co-operative" weather conditions, Parks Canada conducted 48 dives over

1980-660: The Government of Nunavut and the NFB jointly announced the launch of a DVD and online collection entitled Unikkausivut (Inuktitut: Sharing Our Stories ), which will make over 100 NFB films by and about Inuit available in Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun and other Inuit languages, as well as English and French. The Government of Nunavut is distributing Unikkausivut to every school in the territory. The music of Nunavut includes Inuit throat singing and drum-led dancing, along with country music , bluegrass , fiddling , square dancing and

2046-494: The Northwest Territories model. He provided a 20-year language plan to create a "fully functional bilingual society, in Inuktitut and English" by 2020. The plan provided different models, including: Of the 34,960 responses to the census question concerning "mother tongue" in the 2016 census, the most commonly reported languages in Nunavut were: At the time of the census, only English and French were counted as official languages. Figures shown are for single-language responses and

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2112-404: The Northwest Territories on the mainland and a few Arctic islands, and with Manitoba to the south of the Nunavut mainland; it also meets Saskatchewan to the southwest at a quadripoint , and has a short land border with Newfoundland and Labrador on Killiniq Island . The boundary with the Northwest Territories roughly approximates the tree line in Canada. Nunavut shares maritime borders with

2178-607: The Pacific Ocean to the north of Kirkby Glacier and Missen Ridge, which forms the north side of Yule Bay . Cape Hooker lies to the east of the piedmont. Nella Island, Thala Island and the Lyall Islands lie in the sea near the piedmont. 70°41′S 166°24′E  /  70.683°S 166.400°E  / -70.683; 166.400 . A long, ice-covered ridge situated south of the Davis Ice Piedmont and extending along

2244-459: The area is dated to 1576, an account by English explorer Martin Frobisher . While leading an expedition to find the Northwest Passage , Frobisher thought he had discovered gold ore around the body of water now known as Frobisher Bay on the coast of Baffin Island . The ore turned out to be worthless, but Frobisher made the first recorded European contact with the Inuit. Other explorers in search of

2310-557: The community. This support comes from Nunavut feeling the effects of global warming . Former Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak said in 2011, " Climate change is very much upon us. It is affecting our hunters, the animals, the thinning of the ice is a big concern, as well as erosion from permafrost melting." The region is warming about twice as fast as the global average, according to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Northern Transportation Company Limited , owned by Norterra,

2376-449: The course of seven days to Terror , 3D-mapping the wreck and searching the interior with ROVs . The team was able to map out ninety per cent of Terror ' s lower deck, but were unable to access Crozier's cabin due to the buildup of sediment. Despite this, Crozier's cabin was considered the best preserved space in the lower deck, and Parks Canada has expressed the hope that written materials may be found there. The planned exploration of

2442-754: The crew's sojourn in Rathmullan are held in the Royal Museums Greenwich collection. Back subsequently published a complete account of this voyage right up to the decommissioning of Terror in Chatham. In 1839 Terror was assigned to a voyage to the Antarctic along with Erebus under the overall command of James Clark Ross . Francis Crozier was commander of Terror on this expedition, as well as second-in-command to Ross. The expedition spanned three seasons from 1840 to 1843 during which Terror and Erebus made three forays into Antarctic waters, traversing

2508-740: The east and west, but never entirely navigated. It was planned to last three years. The expedition sailed from Greenhithe , Kent , on 19 May 1845, and the ships were last seen entering Baffin Bay in August 1845. The disappearance of the Franklin expedition set off a massive search effort in the Arctic and the broad circumstances of the expedition's fate were revealed during a series of expeditions between 1848 and 1866. Both ships had become icebound and were abandoned by their crews, all of whom died of exposure and starvation while trying to trek overland to Fort Resolution ,

2574-532: The elusive Northwest Passage followed in the 17th century, including Henry Hudson , William Baffin and Robert Bylot . Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands featured in the history of the Cold War in the 1950s. Concerned about the area's strategic geopolitical position, the federal government, as part of the High Arctic relocation , relocated Inuit from Nunavik (northern Quebec ) to Resolute and Grise Fiord . In

2640-579: The first Royal Navy ships to have steam-powered engines and screw propellers. Twelve days' supply of coal was carried. Iron plating was added fore and aft on the ships' hulls to make them more resistant to pack ice , and their decks were cross-planked to distribute impact forces. Along with Erebus , Terror was stocked with supplies for their expedition, which included among other items: two tons of tobacco , 8,000 tins of preserves , and 7,560 L (1,660 imp gal; 2,000 US gal) of liquor. Terror ' s library had 1,200 books, and

2706-481: The land claims negotiations between the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (then called the "Inuit Tapirisat of Canada") and the federal government, the parties discussed division of the Northwest Territories to provide a separate territory for the Inuit. On April 14, 1982, a plebiscite on division was held throughout the Northwest Territories. A majority of the residents voted in favour and the federal government gave

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2772-408: The largest portion of visitors from outside the territory. The majority of visitors from outside of Nunavut are business travellers; in the second half of 2018 only 14% of visitors were in the territory for leisure. Tourism recreation in Nunavut include activities like dog sledding, snowmobiling, cultural festivals, hiking, arctic wildlife safaris and sea kayaking. The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation

2838-441: The late 20th century. On 15 August 2008, Parks Canada , an agency of the Government of Canada , announced a CAD $ 75,000 six-week search, deploying the icebreaker CCGS  Sir Wilfrid Laurier with the goal of finding the two ships. The search was also intended to strengthen Canada's claims of sovereignty over large portions of the Arctic . Attempts were also undertaken in 2010, 2011, and 2012, all of which failed to locate

2904-593: The location where the ship was reported abandoned, and some 50 km (31 mi) from the wreck of HMS Erebus , discovered in September 2014. HMS Terror was a Vesuvius -class bomb ship built over two years at the Davy shipyard in Topsham in south Devon , for the Royal Navy. Her deck was 31 m (102 ft) long, and the ship measured 325 tons burthen . The vessel was armed with two heavy mortars and ten cannon , and

2970-596: The mainland, most of the Arctic Archipelago, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay , James Bay , and Ungava Bay , including the Belcher Islands , all of which were part of the Northwest Territories from which Nunavut was separated. This makes it the fifth-largest subnational entity (or administrative division ) in the world. If Nunavut were a country, it would rank 15th in area. Nunavut has long land borders with

3036-459: The modern Inuit , began migrating from Alaska in the 11th century into the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. By 1300, the geographic extent of Thule settlement included most of modern Nunavut. The migration of the Thule people coincides with the decline of the Dorset. Thule people genetically and culturally completely replaced Dorset some time after 1300. The earliest written historical account of

3102-644: The multi-territory regional Kivalliq News . The film production company Isuma is based in Igloolik. Co-founded by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn in 1990, the company produced the 1999 feature Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner , winner of the Caméra d'Or for Best First Feature Film at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival . It was the first feature film written, directed, and acted entirely in Inuktitut . The National Film Board (NFB) has released Animation from Cape Dorset (1973),

3168-497: The northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont. Named by ANARE after M.V. Thala Dan , one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . HMS Terror (1813) HMS Terror was a specialised warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for

3234-404: The outer deck was pivotal in identifying the ship; it was located in the same location where the smokestack from Terror ' s locomotive engine had been installed. The wreck was nearly 100 km (62 mi) south of where historians thought her final resting place was, calling into question the previously accepted account of the fate of the sailors, that they died while trying to walk out of

3300-729: The peninsula of which Cape Hooker is the northeast point. Named by ANARE for R. Missen, weather technician on the ANARE (Thala Dan) cruise along this coast, 1962. 70°38′S 166°45′E  /  70.633°S 166.750°E  / -70.633; 166.750 . Cape on the northeast portion of the peninsula which includes Davis Ice Piedmont. With Cape Dayman to the ESE, it forms an outer entrance point to Yule Bay. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for Joseph Dalton Hooker (later Sir Joseph), naturalist and assistant surgeon on

3366-422: The percentage of total single-language responses. In the 2016 census it was reported that 2,045 people (5.8%) living in Nunavut had no knowledge of either official language of Canada (English or French). The 2016 census also reported that of the 30,135 Inuit in Nunavut, 90.7% could speak either Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun. In the 2021 census, Christianity constituted 73.5% of Nunavut's population, down from 86% in

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3432-494: The provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba. With Greenland, a constituent country of the Danish Realm , it shares a primarily maritime international border that includes a short land border on Hans Island . Nunavut's highest point is Barbeau Peak (2,616 m (8,583 ft)) on Ellesmere Island. The population density is 0.022/km (0.056/sq mi), one of the lowest in the world. By comparison, Greenland has approximately

3498-512: The regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay . Nunavut includes Ellesmere Island in the far north, the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west, and all islands in Hudson, James and Ungava bays, including the western portion of Killiniq Island in the southeast and Akimiski Island far to the south of the rest of the territory. It is Canada's only geopolitical region that

3564-429: The same area and nearly twice the population. Nunavut experiences a polar climate in most regions, owing to its high latitude and lower continental summertime influence than areas to the west. In more southerly continental areas, very cold subarctic climates can be found, due to July being slightly milder than the required 10 °C (50 °F). Visible minority and indigenous identity (2016): Nunavut has

3630-588: The ship's berths were heated via ducts that connected them to the stove. Their voyage to the Arctic was with Sir John Franklin in overall command of the expedition in Erebus , and Terror again under the command of Captain Francis Crozier . The expedition was ordered to gather magnetic data in the Arctic Archipelago and complete a crossing of the Northwest Passage , which had already been charted from both

3696-406: The ships' remains. On 8 September 2014, it was announced that the wreckage of one of Franklin's ships was found on 7 September using a remotely operated underwater vehicle recently acquired by Parks Canada. On 1 October 2014, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the remains were that of Erebus . On 12 September 2016, a team from the Arctic Research Foundation announced that

3762-427: The start of the Nunavut Animation Lab, offering animation training to Nunavut artists at workshops in Iqaluit, Cape Dorset and Pangnirtung. Films from the Nunavut Animation Lab include Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 's 2010 digital animation short Lumaajuuq , winner of the Best Aboriginal Award at the Golden Sheaf Awards and named Best Canadian Short Drama at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival . In November 2011,

3828-548: The unfamiliar and hostile conditions, they faced starvation but were forced to stay. Forty years later, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples issued a report titled The High Arctic Relocation: A Report on the 1953–55 Relocation . The government paid compensation to those affected and their descendants. On August 18, 2010, in Inukjuak, the Honourable John Duncan , PC, MP , previous Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians formally apologized on behalf of

3894-452: The wreck in just 2.5 hours. According to Louie Kamookak, a resident of nearby Gjoa Haven and a historian on the Franklin expedition, Parks Canada had ignored the stories of locals that suggested that the wreck of Terror was in her namesake bay, despite many modern stories of sightings by hunters and from airplanes. The wreck was found in excellent condition, her decks and interior spaces largely intact. A wide exhaust pipe that rose from

3960-449: The wreck sites in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team returned to the wrecks in May 2022, after a two-year postponement caused by the pandemic. HMS Terror is featured, often alongside HMS Erebus , in fictional works that involve or allude to the Franklin expedition, such as: Nunavut Nunavut is the largest, easternmost, and northernmost territory of Canada . It

4026-413: The wrecks and prevent looting. Sammy Kogvik, an Inuit hunter and member of the Canadian Rangers who joined the crew of the Arctic Research Foundation's Martin Bergmann , recalled an incident from seven years earlier in which he encountered what appeared to be a mast jutting from the ice. With this information, the ship's destination was changed from Cambridge Bay to Terror Bay, where researchers located

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4092-409: Was launched in June 1813. Terror saw service in the War of 1812 against the United States , during which the ships of the North America and West Indies Station of the Royal Navy blockaded the Atlantic ports of the United States and launched amphibious raids from its base in Bermuda , leading up to the 1814 Chesapeake campaign , a punitive expedition that included the Raid on Alexandria ,

4158-419: Was admitted in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago . Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world , as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland ). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995 . Other major communities include

4224-407: Was in a sinking condition by the time Back sailed her into Lough Swilly , before beaching her at Rathmullan , Co. Donegal, Ireland on 21 September. The admiralty dispatched the shipwright, William McPherson Rice, to refloat and repair Terror sufficiently to enable her to sail to the naval shipyard at Chatham in Kent, where full repairs were carried out. Correspondence describing the repairs and

4290-410: Was involved in the Battle of Fort Peter and the attack on St. Marys, Georgia . After the war, Terror was laid up until March 1828, when she was recommissioned for service in the Mediterranean Sea . She was removed from active service when she underwent repairs for damage suffered near Lisbon , Portugal . In the mid-1830s, Terror was refitted as a polar exploration vessel. Her design as

4356-427: Was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador)

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