Lady Franklin Island

Lady Franklin Island

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name = Lady Franklin Island


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native name = Kitigtung
native name link = Inuktikut
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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country = Canada
country admin divisions title = Territory
country admin divisions = flag|Nunavut
country largest city = Iqaluit
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population = Uninhabited
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ethnic groups = Inuit
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Lady Franklin Island (Kitigtung in Inuktitut), [cite web |url=http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=CA&adm1=14&loc=1135172 |title=Lady Franklin Island |accessdate=2008-09-17 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=mapplanet.com] is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, convert|25|mi|km from Hall Peninsula. There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.

It was named by Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall as a tribute to Sir John Franklin's wife Lady Franklin.cite book |title=Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux : being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 |last=Hall |first=Charles Francis |year=1865 |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York |oclc=5357849 |isbn= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ctYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=%22lady+franklin+island%22&source=web&ots=hGsLR2dwo0&sig=CyxGYjH0jSrRMydK7GCjk1SgM3s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result |pages=p. 308]

The island offers an abundance of bears, caribou ("tuktoo"), ducks, seals, and walrus.

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* [http://www.benlo.com/arctic/monumental.html Photos]


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