Editing Parry Peninsula

{{Short description|Peninsula on north coast of Canada's Northwest Territories}}
{{Infobox islands
|name=Parry Peninsula
|local_name=
|image_name=Parry Peninsula 2021-07-20 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg
|image_caption= [[Sentinel-2]] image (2021) of the peninsula with [[Paulatuk]] and [[Hornaday River]] delta in the bottom right corner.
|map = Canada Northwest Territories
|map_caption = Location of the Parry Peninsula in the Northwest Territories
|location = [[Northwest Territories]], Canada
|coordinates  = {{coord|69.667|N|124.667|W|display=inline,title|source:dewiki}}
|country =Canada
|waterbody ='''[[Arctic Ocean]]'''{{Plainlist|
*[[Franklin Bay]] 
*[[Amundsen Gulf]] 
*[[Darnley Bay]]}}
}}

The '''Parry Peninsula''' on the north coast of Canada's [[Northwest Territories]] is bounded on the west by [[Franklin Bay]], on the north by [[Amundsen Gulf]], and on the east by [[Darnley Bay]]. The nearest settlement is [[Paulatuk]]. It is also home to the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the northern extremity of the Parry Peninsula.<ref name="birdsanctuary">{{cite web|title=Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary|url=http://ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=BAAC4123-1|website=Environment and Climate Change Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==History==
It is named for the Arctic explorer [[William Edward Parry]], as well as the similarly named [[Cape Parry]] at its northern tip. A [[Distant Early Warning Line]] site is also located on the northern tip of the peninsula, that switched operations in 1989 to the [[North Warning System]].<ref name="CapeParrydew">{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Larry|title=Cape Parry NWT PIN-Main|url=http://lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/pin-main.htm|website=Larry Wilson - Dew Line Adventures|publisher=Dew Line Adventures|accessdate=4 March 2016}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cape Parry]]
*[[Paulatuk]]
*[[Distant Early Warning Line]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

===Further reading===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book|author1=Daniel Ernest Kerr|author2=Geological Survey of Canada|editor1-last=Ernest Kerr|editor1-first=Daniel|title=Late quaternary stratigraphy and depositional history of the Parry Peninsula-Perry River area, District of MacKenzie, Northwest Territories /|date=1994|isbn=0-660-15411-0|pages=34|edition=465|url=http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.610994/publication.html|accessdate=4 March 2016|language=English, French|format=Book, [[Geology]], [[Stratigraphy]]}}
{{refend}}

{{clear}}
{{NorthwestTerritories-geo-stub}}

[[Category:Peninsulas of the Northwest Territories]]