Ward Inlet

Ward Inlet (63°30′N 067°35′W / 63.500°N 67.583°W / 63.500; -67.583 (Ward inlet)Coordinates: 63°30′N 067°35′W / 63.500°N 67.583°W / 63.500; -67.583 (Ward inlet))^[1] is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in eastern Frobisher Bay, forming a wedge into Baffin Island, separating Becher Peninsula from Hall Peninsula. Augustus Island lies deep into the inlet.

Ward inlet was the site of the Hudson's Bay Company's south Baffin operations until 1949 when they moved to Apex to take advantage of Frobisher Bay Air Force Base located nearby.

References

↑ "Ward Inlet". tageo.com. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

Inlets of Nunavut

Kitikmeot Region	Bathurst Chantrey

Kivalliq Region	Chesterfield

Qikiqtaaluk Region	Admiralty Balcom Barrier Berlinguet Bond Burnett Clyde Coutts Crooks Cuming Elwin Erskine Griffin Hobhouse Hoppner Irvine Jackson Levasseur Milne Moffet Navy Board Pell Powell Prince Regent Robert Peel Scott Shaftesbury Steensby Stratton Ward Wight Wiswell

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