Charlton Island
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charlton-island-241-17397345
title:
Charlton Island
text:
Charlton Island (Sivukutaitiarruvik) is an uninhabited island located in James Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located northwest of Rupert Bay, it has an area of 308 km2 (119 sq mi). Thomas James, who gave his name to James Bay, wintered here in 1631 and named the island after Prince Charles. The founders of Fort-Rupert (1668) must have seen it and Charles Bayly was nearly driven ashore here in 1674. Some time before 1679 Bayly proposed making Charlton Island a central depot and meetin
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Island
date created:
date modified:
2023-07-13T20:02:08Z
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image:
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13
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15