Editing Victoria Island

{{Short description|Island in Arctic Canada}}
{{About|the island in the Canadian Arctic|other islands|Victoria Island (disambiguation){{!}}Victoria Island|the city on Vancouver Island|Victoria, British Columbia}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox islands
| name  = Victoria Island
| native_name = Kitlineq
| native_name_link = Inuinnaqtun
| image_name  = Wfm victoria island.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_size  =
| map_image    = Victoria Island, Canada.svg
| nickname =
| location = [[Northern Canada]]
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| coordinates  = {{Coord|70|25|N|107|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:5000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAUKA|name=Victoria Island (Canada)}}</ref>|display=inline,title|name=Victoria Island}}
| archipelago  = [[Arctic Archipelago]]
| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2  = 217,291
| area_footnotes=<ref name=AOC/>
| length_km = 700
|width_min_km=564
|width_max_km=623
| rank  = 8th
| highest_mount = Unnamed
| elevation_m = 655
| country = Canada
| country_admin_divisions_title  = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Territories]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Northwest Territories]]<br />[[Nunavut]]
| country_capital_city  =
| country_largest_city  = [[Cambridge Bay]], Nunavut
| country_largest_city_population = 1,760<ref name=YCB2021census/>
| population  = 2,168<ref name=YCB2021census/><ref name=YHI2021census/>
| population_as_of = 2021
| density_km2 =
| ethnic_groups = [[Inuit]]
| additional_info =
}}

'''Victoria Island''' ({{langx|ikt|'''Kitlineq'''|italic=yes}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ethnoatlas/hmar/cult_dir/culture.7838 |title=Society – Copper – Eskimo |publisher=ukc.ac.uk |access-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514030724/http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7838 |archive-date=2008-05-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Swann |first=Brian |title=Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |year=2005 |pages=133 |isbn=0-8032-9340-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7D2zoR21JHIC&q=Kitlineq+Victoria+Island&pg=PA133 }}</ref> is a large island in the [[Arctic Archipelago]] that straddles the boundary between [[Nunavut]] and the [[Northwest Territories]] of Canada. It is the [[List of islands by area|eighth-largest island in the world]], and at {{cvt|217291|km2}}{{ref|1|1}} in area, it is [[List of Canadian islands by area|Canada's second-largest island]]. It is nearly double the size of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] ({{cvt|111390|km2|disp=sqbr}}), and is slightly larger than the island of [[Great Britain]] ({{cvt|209331|km2|disp=sqbr}}) but smaller than [[Honshu]] ({{cvt|225800|km2|disp=sqbr}}).<!--This does not refer to the United Kingdom, just the one island--> The western third of the island lies in the [[Inuvik Region]] of the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's [[Kitikmeot Region]]. The population of 2,168 is divided between two settlements, the larger of which is [[Cambridge Bay]] (Nunavut) and the other [[Ulukhaktok]] (Northwest Territories).

The island is named after [[Queen Victoria]], the Canadian sovereign from 1867 to 1901 (though she first became Queen in 1837). The features bearing the name "Prince Albert" are named after her consort, [[Albert, Prince Consort|Albert]].

==History==
[[File:VictoriaIslandMap.png|thumb|left|Closeup map of Victoria Island]]

Victoria Island was inhabited by the [[Thule people|Thule culture]], with five prehistoric ''[[qamutiik]]'' (sleds) belonging to the Neoeskimo culture being found on the [[Wollaston Peninsula]], dating to 1250–1573 AD.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Prehistoric Neoeskimo Komatiks, Victoria Island, Arctic Canada|author1=Savalle, James M.|author2=Dyke, Arthur S.|author3=Giguère, Nicole|year=2014|journal=Arctic|volume=67|issue=2|pages=135–142|doi=10.14430/arctic4383 |jstor=24363693|doi-access=free}}</ref> The [[Inuinnaqtun]] name for the island is ''Kitlineq'', with the local Inuit people called ''Kitlinermiut'' ([[Copper Inuit]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=go9VJhGOq9QC&q=%22Kitlineq%22|title=Sixty Cultures: A Guide to the HRAF Probability Sample Files|first=Robert O.|last=Lagacé|date=January 13, 1977|publisher=Human Relations Area Files|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1826 [[John Richardson (naturalist)|John Richardson]] was the first European to see the southwest coast and called it "Wollaston Land".<ref name=Franklin1828>{{cite book
  | last = Franklin
  | first = John
  | title = Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin,... including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson.
  | publisher = J. Murray
  | year = 1828
  | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QOyb_rz5czIC| quote = John Franklin 1826.
  }}</ref> In 1839, [[Peter Warren Dease]] and [[Thomas Simpson (explorer)|Thomas Simpson]] followed its southeast coast and called it "Victoria Land".<ref name=Simpson>{{cite book
  | last = Simpson
  | first = Thomas
  | title = Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America: effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836–39.
  | publisher = R. Bentley
  | year = 1843
  | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CXBIAAAAMAAJ| quote = Thomas Simpson 1843.
  }}</ref> A map published by [[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet|John Barrow]] in 1846 shows a complete blank from these two lands north to "Banks Land" which is the north coast of [[Banks Island]].<ref>Derek Hayes,"Historical Atlas of the Arctic", map 136</ref> In 1851 [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]] charted its entire south coast and connected the two "lands".<ref name=McGoogan>{{cite book
  | last = McGoogan
  | first = Kenneth
  | title = Fatal passage: the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot.
  | publisher = Carroll & Graf Publishers
  | year = 2003
  | location = New York
| isbn = 978-0-7867-0993-9
 | url =https://archive.org/details/fatalpassagetrue00mcgo| url-access = registration
  }}</ref> In 1850 and 1851 [[Robert McClure]] circumnavigated most of Banks Island, thereby separating it from the rest of Victoria Land. His men also charted the northwest and west coasts of Victoria Island.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Discovery of the North-West Passage |last=McClure |first=Robert|editor1-first=Sherard |editor1-last=Osborn |editor1-link=Sherard Osborn |year=1856 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SGUZAAAAMAAJ }}</ref>

One of [[Roald Amundsen]]'s men, Godfred Hansen, charted its east coast as far as [[Cape Nansen]] in 1905,<ref name="Amundsen">{{cite book|last=Amundsen|first=Roald and Godfred Hansen|title=Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903–1907|publisher=A Constable and Co.|year=1908|location=London|isbn=9781548724412|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwUZAAAAYAAJ&q=Roald+Amundsen's+North+West+Passage+1903+1907+Vol.+1&pg=PA27}}</ref> and in 1916 and 1917 Storker T. Storkerson, of [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]]'s [[Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916|Canadian Arctic Expedition]], charted its northeast coast, sighting the Storkerson Peninsula.<ref name="Stefansson">{{cite book
  | last = Stefansson
  | first = Vilhjalmur
  | title = The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
  | publisher = Macmillan
  | year = 1922
  | location = New York
| url =https://archive.org/details/friendlyarctics01stefgoog}}</ref>

In 2008 [[Clark Carter]] and Chris Bray became the first recorded people to walk across Victoria Island. Their first attempt at the {{cvt|1000|km}} trek in 2005 failed, so they returned and completed the remaining {{cvt|660|km}} in 2008.<ref name="IF">{{cite web |title=Clark Carter's Arctic Circle Adventures to appear on the big screen |url=https://www.if.com.au/clark-carters-arctic-circle-adventures-to-appear-on-the-big-screen/ |website=if.com |date=12 March 2012 |publisher=IF |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aussie adventurers to try again with Victoria Island trek  |date=2008-01-14 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220095911/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aussie-adventurers-to-try-again-with-victoria-island-trek-1.754966 |archive-date=2022-12-20 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aussie-adventurers-to-try-again-with-victoria-island-trek-1.754966}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Victoria topo.png|thumb|Topography of Victoria Island]]
[[File:Arctic CopperNunavut.jpg|thumb|Large native copper specimen from the Saneraum Hills, Victoria Island]]

[[Viscount Melville Sound]]{{ref|map1|map1}} lies to the north, and the [[M'Clintock Channel]]{{ref|map2|map2}} and [[Victoria Strait]]{{ref|map3|map3}} lie eastward. On the west are [[Amundsen Gulf]]{{ref|map4|map4}} and [[Banks Island]],{{ref|map5|map5}} which is separated from Victoria by a long sound called the [[Prince of Wales Strait]].{{ref|map6|map6}} To the south (from west to east) lie the [[Dolphin and Union Strait]],{{ref|map7|map7}} [[Austin Bay (Nunavut)|Austin Bay]],{{ref|map8|map8}} [[Coronation Gulf]]{{ref|map9|map9}} and the [[Dease Strait]].{{ref|map10|map10}}

The southern waterways, and sometimes the Prince of Wales Strait, form part of the disputed [[Northwest Passage]] which the [[Government of Canada]] claims are [[Canadian Internal Waters]], while other nations state they are either [[territorial waters]] or [[international waters]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-04/who-controls-northwest-passage-its-debate|title=Who controls the Northwest Passage? It's up for debate.|last=Beeler|first=Carolyn|date=4 September 2017|website=PRI|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>

Victoria Island is an island of peninsulas, having a heavily indented coastline with many inlets. In the east, pointing northwards, is the Storkerson Peninsula,{{ref|map11|map11}} which ends with the [[Goldsmith Channel]],{{ref|map12|map12}} the body of water separating Victoria from [[Stefansson Island]].{{ref|map13|map13}} The Storkerson Peninsula is separated from the island's north-central areas by [[Hadley Bay]],{{ref|map14|map14}} a major inlet. Another, broad peninsula is found in the north, [[Prince Albert Peninsula]].{{ref|map15|map15}} This ends at the Prince of Wales Strait. In the south, and pointing westwards, is the [[Wollaston Peninsula]],{{ref|map16|map16}} separated from the island's central areas by Prince Albert Sound.

The highest point of Victoria Island is {{cvt|655|m}} in the [[Shaler Mountains]]{{ref|map17|map17}} in the north-central region. Located in the southeast, just north of Cambridge Bay, is [[Tahiryuaq]] (formerly Ferguson Lake){{ref|map18|map18}}. With an area of {{cvt|562|km2}}, it is the largest lake on the island.<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html#nunavut Ferguson Lake] at the Atlas of Canada</ref>

It was said by [[Andrew Hund]] in his book, ''Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions'', that the island resembles a stylized maple leaf, the predominant [[National symbols of Canada|symbol of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions|last=Hund|first=Andrew|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2014|isbn=9781610693936|location=Santa Barbara, CA|pages=725}}</ref>

===Climate===
Victoria Island has a [[polar climate]], with no month having an average temperature of {{cvt|10|C}} or higher, and is listed as ''ET'' on the [[Köppen climate classification]]. Summers are typically cool and rainy, with pleasant days and chilly nights. Winters are cold, dark, and long, with October being the snowiest month. Snowfall and frosts are possible all year round. Rainfall is usually limited to the summer months, when the temperature shortly rises above freezing for a few months before dipping back down for another 9 months of winter. Springs are typically sunny but still very chilly. Autumns are short and crisp, with more frequent cloud cover starting to appear during August and with September being almost constantly cloudy.

At Cambridge Bay, the sun is continuously below the horizon, [[polar night]], from approximately 30 November to 11 January and above the horizon, [[midnight sun]], 19 May to 22 July.<ref>[http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/sunrise_adv_e.html Sunrise/Sunset/Sun Angle Calculator] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106101808/http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/sunrise_adv_e.html|date=6 November 2008}} at the [[National Research Council (Canada)]]</ref>

{{Cambridge Bay weatherbox}}

{{Ulukhaktok weatherbox}}

==Biology==
The [[Dolphin-Union caribou]] herd locally known as Island Caribou<ref name="NWT">{{citation |url=http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/reports/species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf |title=Species at Risk in the Northwest Territories 2012 |access-date=31 October 2014 |author=GNWT |publisher=Government of Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |isbn=978-0-7708-0196-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001254/http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/reports/species_at_risk_in_the_nwt_2012_eng.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="COSEWIC">{{citation  |title=COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Peary Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus pearyi'' and Barren-ground Caribou ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'' Dolphin and Union population in Canada |date=May 2004 |url=http://registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_peary_caribou_e.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |isbn=0-662-37375-8 }}</ref> are a migratory population of [[barren-ground caribou]], ''Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus'', that occupy Victoria Island in Canada's [[Arctic Archipelago|High Arctic]] and the nearby mainland. They are endemic to Canada. They migrate across the [[Dolphin and Union Strait]] from their summer grazing on Victoria Island to their winter grazing area on the Nunavut-NWT mainland.<ref name="NWT" /><ref name="AINA">{{citation |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic63-4-414.pdf |journal=Arctic |volume=63 |number=4 |date=December 2010 |pages=414–428 |title=Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future |first1=Kim G. |last1=Poole |first2=Brent R. |last2=Patterson |first3=Mathieu |last3=Dumond |access-date=31 October 2014 |doi=10.14430/arctic3331}}</ref> It is unusual for North American [[Reindeer|caribou]] to seasonally cross sea ice and the only other caribou to do so are the [[Peary caribou]], which are smaller in size and population, and also occur on Victoria Island.<ref>[https://www.nwtspeciesatrisk.ca/content/nwt-peary-caribou NWT Species at Risk Peary Caribou]</ref>

Victoria Island contains the world's largest [[Recursive islands and lakes|island within an island within an island]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wolchover |first=Natalie |title=World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island Seen on Google Earth |url=http://www.livescience.com/33679-world-largest-island-lake-island-lake-island-google-earth.html |publisher=LiveScience |access-date=September 15, 2013 |date=January 24, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census]] the population of the island was 2,168; 1,760<ref name=YCB2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000262 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Nunavut | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 19, 2022}}</ref> in Nunavut and 408<ref name=YHI2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000261 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 18, 2022}}</ref> in the Northwest Territories. Of the two settlements on the island the larger is [[Cambridge Bay]],{{ref|map19|map19}} which lies on the south-east coast and is in Nunavut. [[Ulukhaktok]]{{ref|map20|map20}} is on the west coast and is in the Northwest Territories. [[Trading post]]s, such as [[Fort Collinson]]{{ref|map21|map21}} on the northwest coast, have long been abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/WEB_AUTH_DET_REP/HEADING+%22Hudson%27s+Bay+Company.+Fort+Collinson%22?SESSIONSEARCH|title=Archives of Manitoba &#124; Keystone Archives Descriptive Database|website=pam.minisisinc.com}}</ref>

==List of places by population==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Population
|-
| [[Cambridge Bay]]
| style="text-align: right;" |1,760<ref name=YCB2021census/>
|-
| [[Ulukhaktok]]
| style="text-align: right;" |408<ref name=YHI2021census/>
|}

== Maps ==
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* {{Note|map1|map1}}Viscount Melville Sound – {{coord|74|15|N|105|00|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:10000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAUKC|name=Viscount Melville Sound}}</ref>|name=Viscount Melville Sound, NU}}
* {{Note|map2|map2}}M'Clintock Channel – {{coord|72|00|N|102|00|W|type:waterbody_scale:5000000_region:CA-NU|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAKPZ|name=M'Clintock Channel}}</ref>|name=M'Clintock Channel, NU}}
* {{Note|map3|map3}}Victoria Strait – {{coord|69|31|N|100|30|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OARLK|name=Victoria Strait}}</ref>|name=Victoria Strait, NU}}
* {{Note|map4|map4}}Amundsen Gulf – {{Coord|71|00|01|N|124|00|10|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NT_scale:5000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LABCK|name=Amundsen Gulf}}</ref>|name=Amundsen Gulf, NT}}
* {{Note|map5|map5}}Banks Island – {{coord|72|45|02|N|121|30|10|W|region:CA-NT_type:isle_scale:5000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LACAR|name=Banks Island}}</ref>|name=Banks Island, NT}}
* {{Note|map6|map6}}Prince of Wales Strait – {{Coord|72|21|14|N|118|46|57|W|type:waterbody_scale:2500000_region:CA-NT|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LATCV|name=Prince of Wales Strait}}</ref>|name=Prince of Wales Strait, NT}}
* {{Note|map7|map7}}Dolphin and Union Strait – {{coord|69|05|10|N|116|02|30|W|type:waterbody_region:CA-NU_scale:300000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAUHE|name=Dolphin and Union Strait}}</ref>|name=Dolphin and Union Strait, NT/NU}}
* {{Note|map8|map8}}Austin Bay – {{Coord|68|33|N|113|10|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OABIP|name=Austin Bay}}</ref>|name=Austin Bay, NU}}
* {{Note|map9|map9}}Coronation Gulf – {{Coord|68|08|N|112|00|W|type:waterbody_scale:2000000_region:CA-NU|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OADVC|name=Coronation Gulf}}</ref>|name=Coronation Gulf, NU}}
* {{Note|map10|map10}}Dease Strait – {{coord|68|50|N|107|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAEFG|name=Dease Strait}}</ref>|name=Dease Strait, NU}}
* {{Note|map11|map11}}Storkerson Peninsula – {{Coord|72|30|N|106|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:landmark_scale:3000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAPSX|name=Storkerson Peninsula}}</ref>|name=Storkerson Peninsula, NU}}
* {{Note|map12|map12}}Goldsmith Channel – {{coord|73|10|N|106|05|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAGJK|name=Goldsmith Channel}}</ref>|name=Goldsmith Channel, NU}}
* {{Note|map13|map13}}Stefansson Island – {{coord|73|20|N|105|45|W|region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:2500000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAPQG|name=Stefansson Island}}</ref>|name=Stefansson Island, NU}}
* {{Note|map14|map14}}Hadley Bay – {{coord|72|31|N|108|12|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody_scale:500000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAUHQ|name=Hadley Bay}}</ref>|name=Hadley Bay, NU}}
* {{Note|map15|map15}}Prince Albert Peninsula – {{coord|72|30|02|N|117|00|09|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark_scale:3000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LATBY|name=Prince Albert Peninsula}}</ref>|name=Prince Albert Peninsula, NT}}
* {{Note|map16|map16}}Wollaston Peninsula – {{coord|69|41|05|N|115|10|30|W|region:CA-NU_type:landmark_scale:3000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OAUKI|name=Wollaston Peninsula}}</ref>|name=Wollaston Peninsula, NU}}
* {{Note|map17|map17}}Shaler Mountains – {{coord|71|55|02|N|111|30|07|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark_scale:3000000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LAVMH|name=Shaler Mountains}}</ref>|name=Shaler Mountains, NT}}
* {{Note|map18|map18}}Tahiryuaq – {{Coord|69|25|16|N|105|16|03|W|region:CA-NU_type:waterbody|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OECCI|name=Tahiryuaq}}</ref>|name=Tahiryuaq, NU}}
* {{Note|map19|map19}}Cambridge Bay – {{coord|69|06|50|N|105|03|10|W|region:CA-NU_type:city_scale:20000|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =OADAD|name=Cambridge Bay}}</ref>|name=Cambridge Bay, NU}}
* {{Note|map20|map20}}Ulukhaktok – {{coord|70|44|12|N|117|46|19|W|type:city_scale:30000_region:CA-NT|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LCAVX|name=Ulukhaktok}}</ref>|name=Ulukhaktok, NT}}
* {{Note|map21|map21}}Fort Collinson – {{Coord|71|37|02|N|117|52|09|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb| id =LAIKF|name=Fort Collinson}}</ref>|name=Fort Collinson, NT}}
{{refend}}
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==See also==
{{Portal|Geography|Canada|islands}}
* [[Parker's Notch]]
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]
* [[Tunnunik impact crater]]

== Explanatory notes ==
* {{note|1|1}}The [[United Nations Environment Programme]] says that Victoria Island has an area of {{cvt|220548|km2}}.<ref>[http://islands.unep.ch/ITA.htm#227 Victoria Island at the UNEP]</ref> However, the [[Atlas of Canada]] indicates the island is {{cvt|217291|km2}}.<ref name=AOC>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html |title=Atlas of Canada |publisher=Atlas.nrcan.gc.ca |date=2009-08-12 |access-date=2010-08-30| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122002132/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/islands.html | archive-date=2013-01-22}}</ref>
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==References==
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==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* Geological Survey of Canada, J. G. Fyles, D. A. Hodgson, and J. Bednarski. ''Quaternary Geology of Wynniatt Bay, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories''. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2718. 1988.
* Geological Survey of Canada, R. H. Rainbird, A. N. LeCheminant, and I. Lawyer. ''Geology, Duke of York Inlier, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories''. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 3304. 1997.
* Geological Survey of Canada, D. A. Hodgson, and J. Bednarski. ''Preliminary Suficial Materials of Kagloryuak River (77F) and Burns Lake (77G), Victoria Island, Northwest Territories''. Open file (Geological Survey of Canada), 2883. 1994.
* Gyselman, E. C., and L. K. Gould. ''Data on Amphidromous and Freshwater Fish from Central Victoria Island and Freshwater Systems Draining into Melville Sound and Elu Inlet, N.W.T., Canada''. Winnipeg: Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, 1992.
* Jakimchuk, R. D., and D. R. Carruthers. ''Caribou and Muskoxen on Victoria Island, N.W.T''. Sidney, B.C.: R.D. Jakimchuk Management Associates Ltd, 1980.
* McGhee, Robert. ''An Archaeological Survey of Western Victoria Island, N.W.T., Canada''. Ottawa, Ont: National Museums of Canada, 1971.
* Parmelee, David Freeland, H. A. Stephens, and Richard H. Schmidt. ''The Birds of Southeastern Victoria Island and Adjacent Small Islands''. Ottawa: [Queen's Printer], 1967.
* Peterson, E. B., R. D. Kabzems, and V. M. Levson. ''Terrain and Vegetation Along the Victoria Island Portion of a Polar Gas Combined Pipeline System''. Sidney, B.C.: Western Ecological Services, 1981.
* Rainbird, Robert H. ''Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Tectonic Setting of the Upper Shaler Group, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories''. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1991. {{ISBN|0-315-66301-4}}
* Washburn, A. L. ''Reconnaissance Geology of Portions of Victoria Island and Adjacent Regions, Arctic Canada''. [New York]: Geological Society of America, 1947.
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