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Paint Hills Islands
Geography
Location Northern Canada
Coordinates 52°57′N079°01′W / 52.950°N 79.017°W / 52.950; -79.017 (Paint Hills Islands)
Administration
Canada
Nunavut Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
Source: Paint Hills Islands at Atlas of Canada

The Paint Hills Islands are located in James Bay, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. They are southwest of Wemindji, Quebec (Cree for "red ochre mountain"), a Cree community on Paint Hills Bay, and northeast of Solomons Temple Islands. [1]

In 1950, Thomas Henry Manning studied high tide and driftwood strand lines on Paint Hills Islands. [2]

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References

  1. "Paint Hills Islands, Nunavut". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. Manning, T.H. (1951). "Remarks on the Tides and Driftwood Strand Lines along the East Coast of James Bay". Arctic. 4 (2). ucalgary.ca. doi: 10.14430/arctic3940 .