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Doak Island

Doak Island
Doak Island is located in Nunavut
Doak Island
Doak Island
Doak Island is located in Canada
Doak Island
Doak Island
Geography
LocationCoronation Gulf
Coordinates68°23′N 111°26′W / 68.383°N 111.433°W / 68.383; -111.433 (Doak Island)
ArchipelagoCanadian Arctic Archipelago
Administration
TerritoryNunavut
RegionKitikmeot
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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