Map indicating the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada.      Nunavut     Northwest Territories     Greenland

The Gulf of Boothia (70°40′N, 91°0′W) is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada lying between Baffin Island and the Boothia Peninsula. Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Baffin Island (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ Qikiqtaaluk, Île de Baffin Old Norse: Helluland) in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member Boothia Peninsula (formerly Boothia Felix) is a large Peninsula in Nunavut 's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset It is bounded by the Melville Peninsula and the Canadian mainland to the south; to the north it leads into Prince Regent Inlet and Lancaster Sound. Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Prince Regent Inlet ( is a body of water between Somerset Island and the Brodeur Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. Lancaster Sound ( is a body of water lying between Devon Island and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, forming the eastern portion of the It was named by the Scottish explorer John Ross for Englishman Sir Felix Booth, the patron of his second expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Sir John Ross, CB, ( 24 June 1777 &ndash 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Rear admiral and Arctic The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Sir Felix Booth (1775 Roydon Essex &ndash January 24 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy UK Gin distiller The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

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