Doak Island

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Doak Island
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Doak Island
Geography
Location Coronation Gulf
Coordinates 68°23′N111°26′W / 68.383°N 111.433°W / 68.383; -111.433 (Doak Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
Territory Nunavut
Region Kitikmeot
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Doak Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is approximately 4 m (13 ft) above sea level. [1]

It was named after Corporal William Andrew Doak, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. [2] Doak was killed by his Inuit prisoner, Alikomiak, in 1922 at Kugluktuk. [3] Alikomiak and his fellow prisoner Tatimagana were the first Inuit to be executed for murder under Canadian law. [4]

Other islands in the vicinity include Bate Island, Murray Island, Edinburgh Island, and Takhoalok Island, as well as the Sesqui Islands. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Doak Island ca. 4 m m". geonames.org. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  2. ↑ Hulgaard, William Joseph; White, John Wesley (2002). Honoured in Places: Remembered Mounties Across Canada. Heritage House Publishing Co. ISBN   978-1-894384-39-1.
  3. ↑ Komar, Debra (2019-03-16). The Court of Better Fiction: Three Trials, Two Executions, and Arctic Sovereignty. Dundurn. ISBN   978-1-4597-4409-7.
  4. ↑ "Alikomiak and Tatimagana | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Doak Island". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
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